Women Priests, Symbolic Violence, and Symbolic Resistance

Sharon Jagger

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English

Routledge
26 February 2025

Religion: general; Christianity; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Gendering the Study of Religion in the Social Sciences

This book explores, from a feminist sociological viewpoint, the ways gender is constructed in the priesthood in the Church of England, and the political, emotional, and spiritual resources generated by women priests in their resistance praxis against a discriminating structure. Despite the increasing numbers of women being ordained, the Church continues to structurally support and legitimise the view that the priesthood should be exclusively male, and women priests still experience gender discrimination and/or differentiation. Drawing on Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic violence, the book aims to fill a gap in the research literature by showing how women priests do not necessarily misrecognise or collude in their domination but engage in hidden resistances and subversions. Based on empirical research, the study reveals that whilst there are barriers to protesting and complaining in conventional ways, there are also significant resistances in how women priests perform their role. The themes addressed are relevant for sociologists of religion and scholars of gender and women’s studies, as well as those with an interest in theology and Christian ministry.

By: Sharon Jagger
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781032397757
ISBN 10: 1032397756
Series: Gendering the Study of Religion in the Social Sciences
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 26 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction; 2: Bourdieu and Symbolic Violence; 3: Interviewing women clergy; 4: ‘Priestess feminist witches’: The othering of women clergy; 5: Radical Evil and the Somatic: How women’s bodies are framed in the priesthood; 6: Where has all the protest gone?; 7: The lovely man and symbolic violence: Relationships with clergy men who oppose women’s ordination; 8: Symbolic Violence Meets Symbolic Resistance; 9: Words and language; 10: Conclusion: Symbolic Resistance

Sharon Jagger is Associate Professor in Religion at York St. John University, UK.