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Women Leaving Religion in the UK and the Netherlands

Description du projet

Pourquoi les femmes juive, chrétienne ou islamique abandonnent leur foi

Le projet WOMENEXREL, financé par l’UE, explorera les réalités vécues par les femmes d’origine religieuse juive, chrétienne et islamique aux Pays-Bas et au Royaume-Uni. L’accent sera mis sur les femmes qui se considèrent comme ayant quitté leur religion. Le projet s’attend à découvrir que des informations telles que des fois anciennes différentes, la communauté d’appartenance, et des aspects tels que l’âge, l’éducation et la sexualité se combinent dans les expériences des femmes quittant leur religion. En plus d’utiliser une approche novatrice de l’histoire de la vie, le projet s’appuiera également sur l’étude comparative empirique du judaïsme, du christianisme et de l’islam. Il sondera les dynamiques des sociétés occidentales sécularisées et diversifiées actuelles. L’accent sera mis sur le genre, la génération, l’éducation, la sexualité et la race/l’ethnicité.

Objectif

Women are often thought to be more religious then men. At the same time, a number of women disaffiliate from their religious tradition and/or community. This research explores the lived realities of women from Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious backgrounds in the UK and the Netherlands, who self-identify as having left religion. It is expected that different former faiths, the community one belongs/belonged to, and aspects such as age, education and sexuality all inform women’s experiences of leaving religion. This project will contextualise these women’s trajectories in relation to the different religious and secular dynamics and circumstantial differences of the UK and the Netherlands. Using a new and innovative life history approach , the project contributes to the study of non-religion and leaving religion, the interdisciplinary study of religion and gender, and the empirical comparative study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Bringing women of different religious backgrounds (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) together in the same research will lead to new and original insights into the dynamics of current Western European secularising and diversifying societies. This research will investigate: a) how and why women leave their Jewish, Christian or Islamic faith and/or community; b) how aspects such as gender, generation, education, sexuality and race/ethnicity contribute to women’s experience of leaving religion; c) and their post-exit relations with family and community. This project combines a life history approach with participant observation at events organised by and for formerly religiously observant individuals, as well as interviews with organisers, activists and therapists dealing with formerly observant women. The results will be used to theoretically rethink the connections between (non-)religion, leaving religion, gender and race/ethnicity.

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Coordinateur

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 224 933,76
Adresse
PRIORY STREET
CV1 5FB Coventry
Royaume-Uni

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Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 224 933,76