RT Article
T1 Complementarianism as Doctrine and Governance: Narratives on Women's Leadership Among Second-Generation Asian Americans
JF Review of religious research
VO 57
IS 3
SP 435
OP 452
A1 Chan, Esther
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1568611285
AB The role of women in evangelical churches remains contested as different groups attempt to shape the gender subculture. Included is a growing population of second-generation immigrants who have the potential to influence future debates. I explore how 23 second-generation Asian American congregants in a multi-lingual Taiwanese evangelical church that experienced a schism over women in pastoral leadership discuss the complementarian belief as it relates to doctrine and governance. Further, I examine narratives used to describe the schism and find that doctrinal narratives predominated over narratives of inter-generational conflict. Last, I find that the complementarian belief also informed understandings and participation in lay leadership. Findings suggest patterns for how doctrine and governance may interact and have implications for the relationship among ethnicity, gender, and religion. I propose further research interrogating the relationship between doctrine and governance and the way religious, gender, ethnic, and immigrant identities may or may not interact.
K1 Evangelicals
K1 Gender
K1 Asian Americans
K1 Schism
DO 10.1007/s13644-014-0186-x