Feminization of the Clergy in America
Feminization is said to occur when women enter any given occupation in substantial numbers, and ostensibly leads to such dynamics as sex-segregation, reduced opportunities for men, and depressed wages and diminished prestige for the occupation as a whole. Spanning more than 70 years, Paula Nesbitt's study of feminization concentrates on the Episcopal Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association, utilizing both statistical results and interviews to compare occupational patterns prior and...
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Feminization is said to occur when women enter any given occupation in substantial numbers, and ostensibly leads to such dynamics as sex-segregation, reduced opportunities for men, and depressed wages and diminished prestige for the occupation as a whole. Spanning more than 70 years, Paula Nesbitt's study of feminization concentrates on the Episcopal Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association, utilizing both statistical results and interviews to compare occupational patterns prior and subsequent to the large influx of women clergy. Among her findings, the author discovers that a decline in men's opportunities is evident before the 1970s, preceding the great influx of women over the last two decades. She also finds that increases in the number of women ordained reduced occupational prospects for other women, but enhanced those for men, thus contradicting the popular myth that women in the workplace are responsible for occupational decline. Booknews Concentrating on the Episcopal Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association over the past 70 years, draws on both statistics and interviews to compare occupational patterns in churches before and after the large influx of women clergy. In contrast to popular impressions, finds that men's opportunities were declining before 1970 and women's influx, and that increases in the number of women ordained reduced the prospects for other women but enhanced those for men. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Introduction31Tradition or Transformation: Women's Struggle over Religious Authority and Leadership92Clergy in Two Religious Organizations293Ordination and Entry Jobs: Critical Criteria414The Second Job: Key to the Career Path575Clergy Careers over Time: A 60-Year Portrait736Decline and Fall of the Young Male Cleric907Feminization and Backlash1078Structural Change in the Ministry1359Clergy Feminization: Controlled Labor or Liberationist Change?161App. AClergy Job Titles Aggregated by Job Level178App. BDemographic Variables186App. CMean (average) Career Trajectory190Notes191Bibliography245Index269
\ BooknewsConcentrating on the Episcopal Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association over the past 70 years, draws on both statistics and interviews to compare occupational patterns in churches before and after the large influx of women clergy. In contrast to popular impressions, finds that men's opportunities were declining before 1970 and women's influx, and that increases in the number of women ordained reduced the prospects for other women but enhanced those for men. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
