A Life of her Own: Role Change Among Clergy Wives
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the ways in which the lives of pastors’ wives have been affected by their husbands’ jobs and (2) to discover how the wives are adapting to this role in 1990, that is, are they continuing to play the conventional role of the pastor’s wife or h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1999
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| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 1999, Volume: 10, Pages: 77-90 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion studies
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the ways in which the lives of pastors’ wives have been affected by their husbands’ jobs and (2) to discover how the wives are adapting to this role in 1990, that is, are they continuing to play the conventional role of the pastor’s wife or have they written new scripts. Questionnaire data from 105 pastors’ wives from the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ were utilized. Although this study showed that "his" job continues to set limits on "her" lifestyle, this study also found that many of these pastors’ wives have made significant strides toward personal realization. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004496224_008 |