The negotiation of gender by modern evangelical women in Singapore.
Despite the predictions of the secularization paradigm, religious affiliations have been on the rise. In Singapore, Christianity has been seen as a popular choice amongst the educated middle-income population despite the elements of gender inequality. I examine the negotiation of gender by the evang...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-482342019-12-10T12:52:50Z The negotiation of gender by modern evangelical women in Singapore. Wong, Xing Wuan. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Premchand Varma Dommaraju DRNTU::Social sciences Despite the predictions of the secularization paradigm, religious affiliations have been on the rise. In Singapore, Christianity has been seen as a popular choice amongst the educated middle-income population despite the elements of gender inequality. I examine the negotiation of gender by the evangelical women in their households, given their empowerment through participation in workforce and education. Based on 16 in-depth interviews with interviewees chosen from an evangelical church in Singapore, it is found that the everyday practices of religion proved to be more egalitarian, but husband headship is still uphold as the ideal household structure. Also, it is found that these evangelicals relate more to their identity as Christians than to their workforce identity. Therefore, in their negotiation of identity in the secular world, they retain evangelical ideals of evangelism. Bachelor of Arts 2012-03-29T09:04:07Z 2012-03-29T09:04:07Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48234 en Nanyang Technological University 31 p. application/pdf |
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Despite the predictions of the secularization paradigm, religious affiliations have been on the rise. In Singapore, Christianity has been seen as a popular choice amongst the educated middle-income population despite the elements of gender inequality. I examine the negotiation of gender by the evangelical women in their households, given their empowerment through participation in workforce and education. Based on 16 in-depth interviews with interviewees chosen from an evangelical church in Singapore, it is found that the everyday practices of religion proved to be more egalitarian, but husband headship is still uphold as the ideal household structure. Also, it is found that these evangelicals relate more to their identity as Christians than to their workforce identity. Therefore, in their negotiation of identity in the secular world, they retain evangelical ideals of evangelism. |
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