Key Words
sex
gender
sexuality
religious leadership and gender
extremism and terrorism
Textbook Readings
Inger Furseth and Pål Repstad, “Religion, Gender, and Sexuality,” 191-215 in An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives, Second Edition. Routledge.
Leslie Dorrough Smith, “Why do Women in Some Religions Cover Up Their Faces, Or Even Their Whole Bodies?” 109-111 in Religion in 5 Minutes. Equinox.
Leslie Dorrough Smith, “Is It True that Women Play a Lesser Role in Most Religions?” 106-109 in Religion in 5 Minutes. Equinox.
Case Studies
Michaela Bramwell, “21 Reasons Young Women are Embracing the “Tradwife” Phenomeon According to Gen Z’ers, And Honestly, Some of These Are Spot On,” Buzzfeed, January 13, 2025.
Take a look at the phenomeon described above and take 500 words to think about what it represents in light of the sociology of religion. What technical vocabulary can you use to redescribe the qualitative data before you?
Datasets
“Sexuality and Religion in the United States,” ARDA: The Association of Religion Data Archives.
