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The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen - The Last Active Anglican Generation (Hardcover)
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The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen - The Last Active Anglican Generation (Hardcover)
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The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen draws on ethnographic
fieldwork, cross-cultural comparisons, and relevant theories
exploring the beliefs, identities, and practices of 'Generation
A'-Anglican laywomen born in the 1920s and 1930s. Now in their 70s,
80s, and 90s, they are often described as the 'backbone' of the
Church and likely its final active generation. The prevalence of
laywomen in mainstream Christian congregations is a widely accepted
phenomenon that will cause little surprise amongst the research
community or Christian adherents. What is surprising is that we
know so little about them. Generation A laywomen have remained
largely invisible in previous work on institutional religion in
Euro-American countries, particularly as the focus on religion and
gender has turned to youth, sexuality, and priesthood. Female
Christian Generation A is on the cusp of a catastrophic decline in
mainstream Christianity that accelerated during the 'post-war'
(post-1945) age. The age profile of mainstream Christianity
represents an increasingly aging pattern, with Generation A not
being replaced by their children or grandchildren-the Baby-Boomers
and generations X, Y, and Z. Generation A is irreplaceable and
unique. 'Generation' shares specific values, beliefs, behaviours,
and orientations, therefore, when this generation finally
disappears within the next five to 10 years, their knowledge,
insights, and experiences will be lost forever. Abby Day both
documents and interprets their religious lives and what we can
learn about them and more widely, about contemporary Christianity
and its future.
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