The Attitudes of Asian Anglicans towards Women Bishops and the Gender Beliefs that Influence Them: A Pilot Study in Singapore
Regarding the ordination of women to higher spiritual leadership positions in the Anglican Church, existing studies have tended to focus on attitudes and perceptions in non-Asian countries and regions, thereby affecting the generalisability of their results to Asian countries such as Singapore. Work...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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International journal of Asian christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-294 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ordination of women
B Singapore B Anglican B Egalitarianism B Women bishops B (Southeast) Asia |
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| Summary: | Regarding the ordination of women to higher spiritual leadership positions in the Anglican Church, existing studies have tended to focus on attitudes and perceptions in non-Asian countries and regions, thereby affecting the generalisability of their results to Asian countries such as Singapore. Working to close this gap, a small exploratory study using semi-structured interviews was conducted in Singapore. Eight Anglican parishioners were interviewed, and the transcripts were treated with thematic analysis. Overall, the findings suggest a seeming disconnect between attitudes towards gender equality in secular and faith-based workplaces, implying a social contextual influence on the transferability of an individual’s gender-equal attitudes across secular and religious spheres. Some participants sought to manage this disconnect through the conditional support of female bishops, hinged upon them remaining subject to higher male leadership. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-4246 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of Asian christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25424246-06020007 |