Women’s Leadership in New Religions and the Question of Gender Equality in Post-Communist Lithuania

This article discusses features of women's religious leadership, social innovations, and transmission of existing gender relations patterns within diverse new religions in post-communist society in Lithuania. The article is based on participant observation in Pagan and Hindu-origin religious gr...

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Subtitles:"Religious Leadership in New Religions: Theoretical and Empirical Trajectories"
Main Author: Ališauskienė, Milda 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2021
In: Nova religio
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 84-103
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lithuania / New religion / Woman religious leader / Gender-specific role
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B Gender Equality
B post-Communist society
B RELIGIOUS leadership
B Women religious leaders
B Lithuania
B New Religions
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