Evangelical transformations of empowerment and female Romani pastors

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAGDALENA SLAVKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Evangelical Christianity ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Female Pastors ◽  
Open Discussion ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Male To Female

This article analyses the empowerment of Romani women in Pentecostal societies in Bulgaria, discussing their diverse experiences in church lives, their opportunities, and the limitations they have as spiritual leaders. Using case material from my ethnographic research, I examine how Pentecostalism intersects with gender dynamics. In presenting the voices of pastors’ wives and female leaders, I reveal their areas of action and participation in formal, or less formal, religious practices. The text suggests that performing miracles is one of the key elements of the transmission of respect from male to female pastors and represents an attempt to achieve a cultural change through the adoption of evangelical Christianity. Moreover, the woman’s involvement in harmonizing social relations between church members, and between evangelists and non-evangelists has become important for non-religious aspects of everyday life. The main goal of the article is to foster an open discussion on the transformations of empowerment and female leadership, which are less studied topics within the much-explored research area of Romani Pentecostalism.

scholarly journals In support of female leadership in the church: Grappling with the perspective of Setswana men � Shepherding as solution offered

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopolang H. Sekano ◽  
Maake J. Masango
Keyword(s):  
Female Leadership ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Timothy 2 ◽  
Female Leader ◽  
The Church

This article addresses the overwhelmingly negative experience and feeling of some men who serve under female leaders in the church. They claim to feel degraded and traumatised by the experience of being led by women. They also claim that their patriarchal culture and religion is defied by such actions and laws of equality that encourage female leadership. They substantiate their views by quoting 1 Corinthians 14:34−35 and 1 Timothy 2:12−14 in addition to a Setswana proverb, �Tsa etelelwa pele ke e namagadi di wela ka lengope� [those who are led by a female leader fall into dongas]. In the light of this situation an intensive study regarding the need for an egalitarian concept and constructive interpretation of Bible passages, Setswana proverbs and idioms regarding the inevitability of female leadership is paramount to people who have an androcentric concept of religion and culture.

“Intuitive, Receptive, Dark”

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-230
Author(s):  
Per Faxneld
Keyword(s):  
Gender Issues ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
False Consciousness ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Hand Path ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Absolute Correlation ◽  
Basic Approaches

The article discusses some of the debates over the construction of gender taking place in the satanic and Left-hand Path (LHP) milieu, in particular the different varieties of upvaluing of “the feminine.” This includes disputes over what the term feminism entails, what the best strategies for women to gain more power are, and if “feminine” is an essence that can be contrasted with a fixed “masculine.” Notions of gender polarity as necessary for magical practice or cosmic balance are given special attention, as are borrowings from feminist terminology (e.g. “patriarchy”) by figures that are far from feminist in orientation. Aside from textual sources, the article draws on communication with 44 informants. Three basic approaches to gender can be discerned in the milieu: 1) Gender as an insignificant category, 2) Gender as a natural polarity, 3) Gender as false consciousness. Of these, number two is the most common, while number one is quite seldom seen—gender is a major issue, one way or another. Femininity is frequently discussed by both men and women, while masculinity is a less popular topic. Femininity, then, is a particularly contested matter in the milieu. Overall, the dominant view of gender is that the two sexes should be strictly dichotomized. The article concludes that with some exceptions most organizations in the milieu are numerically dominated by men. However, some important groups have periodically been led by women, and there are several female key producers of ideology. The partly reactionary views concerning gender issues held by some female leaders indicate that female leadership does not necessitate that a conventional feminism would permeate the organization. Further, it is difficult to see any absolute correlation between female leadership and upvaluing of the feminine in mythology. Moreover, the article demonstrates, such upvaluing does not in itself always signify an underlying ideology of political feminism.

scholarly journals Sociocultural Mechanisms of Conflict: Combining Topic and Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models in an Analysis of Afghanistan, 1979-2001

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Karell ◽  
Michael Raphael Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Cultural Domain ◽  
Do So

How do sociocultural dynamics shape conflict? We develop a relational understanding of how social relations, culture, and conflict are interwoven. Using this framework, we examine how combatants' associations with cultural elements affect the interpersonal relationships underlying conflict dynamics, as well as how these relationships engender associations to cultural elements. To do so, we first introduce a novel analytical approach that synthesizes computational textual analysis and stochastic actor-oriented models of longitudinal networks. We then use our approach to analyze a two-level socio-semantic graph representing both the cultural domain and social relationships of prominent militants operating in one Afghan province, Balkh, between 1979 and 2001. Our results indicate that militants' interpersonal comradeships rely, in part, on their connections to cultural elements and relative power. Comradeship, in turn, fosters militants' connections to cultural elements. We conclude by discussing how conflict studies can continue to build on insights from cultural sociology, as well as how cultural sociology and socio-semantic network research can benefit from further engaging conflict studies and developing our analytical approach. We also highlight provisional insights into endogenous mechanisms of conflict resolution and cultural change.

scholarly journals Women in veterinary leadership positions: their motivations and enablers

2019 ◽  
Vol 186 (5) ◽  
pp. 155-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Tindell ◽  
Renate Weller ◽  
Tierney Kinnison
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Veterinary Profession ◽  
Veterinary Surgeons

BackgroundDespite now having higher numbers of women than men within the veterinary profession, there are substantially less women in leadership roles. Research, primarily in other professions, has focussed on barriers to leadership and sometimes overlooked facilitators and motivators. This study aimed to explore the motivating factors for female veterinary surgeons to become leaders, to identify potential strategies to increase female leadership.MethodsSixteen female leaders from academia, professional bodies, industry and clinical practice took part in semistructured interviews. Interviews were analysed using a thematic analysis approach.ResultsTwo themes were developed: ‘Potential for positive influence’ and ‘Requirement of external enablers’. Participants wanted to influence change for themselves, including work-life balance and developing their role, and for others through a position of influence. They wanted to inspire and mentor the future generation of leaders. External enablers allowed this transition to occur, including formal mentors and informal support systems, opportunities for growth and increased responsibility, and leadership training.ConclusionPotential strategies to increase female leaders include the promotion of female role models, increasing awareness of training and increasing work flexibility. The profession could improve its support of the next generation of leaders and celebrate the successful female leaders we already possess.

Action Sports, the Olympic Games, and the Opportunities and Challenges for Gender Equity: The Cases of Surfing and Skateboarding

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 315-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Wheaton ◽  
Holly Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Action Sports ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Critical Literature

Commentators have suggested that action sports have provided space for more progressive gendered power relations than many more traditional, institutionalized sex-segregated sports. However, as action sports become institutionalized via Olympic inclusion, what are the potential opportunities and challenges for girls and women as both athletes and industry leaders? Drawing on interviews with male and female leaders in surfing and skateboarding industries, media and cultures, and an analysis of niche media, we assess the opportunities for women as the sports prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The two case studies reveal the different struggles and strategies of women in these two sporting cultures, as well as the roles played by men in supporting cultural change. This article contributes to the critical literature assessing the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) claims to provide opportunities for diverse groups of women and, more widely, the challenges in establishing effective policies to “empower” girls and women in and through sport.

Social Risks of Anthropogenic Human-Caused Systems: Relevance and Prospects

2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 2886-2889
Author(s):  
Evgeny Kamensky ◽  
Inna Shapovalova
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Scientific Significance

Understanding the structure of man-made elements of environmental human life within, in particular, of sociological knowledge is virtually absent, despite the formation of such theories of the middle level as sociological technology in the European Research Area. The necessity for social and humanitarian problems of knowledge determined by the need to expand its theoretical and methodological matrices beyond industry imperatives and methodological convergence of traditional paradigmatic bases on universalist grounds according to omplications of socialantropogenetic environmental dynamics and transformation of historically determined forms of social relations in a fundamentally new, hybrid People-phenomena. Scientific significance of article implementation is illustrated by the substantial renovation features of social theory by incorporating into its unusual subject area previously problematic groups of objects due to the specifics of the technological development present stage, as a product of "social" and the creation of scientific conceptual, methodological and methodical and instrumental complexes that ensure their understanding and predicting evolutionary development lines.

Women’s enactment of leadership in a heavily gender-marked Islamic context

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 728-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelrahman Alhadhrami ◽  
Valerie Priscilla Goby ◽  
Yahya Al-Ansaari
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism

Purpose Diverse cultural contexts with their distinct enactments of traditional gender inequity present unique constraints for female leaders. In Western contexts, the Christianity-inspired principle of equality of all humans remains a latent principle operative toward greater gender egalitarianism. This paper aims to examine female leaders within an Islamic context devoid of such espoused equality in which gender differences are enshrined in culture and law. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires based on the Competing Value Framework were developed and completed by 145 leaders and 365 employees from UAE companies. The salient findings of these responses were explored in six subsequent focus group discussions. Findings The study reveals no difference in how women perform leadership, except in terms of brokering skills in which women are perceived as superior to their male counterparts. Focus group discussion participants ascribed this difference to the Islamic benevolent sexism dynamic of according women greater respect, which facilitates their access to higher management. Originality/value This pioneering perspective of female leaders in a context of overt and sanctioned cultural and legal gender disparity contributes to scholarship on female leadership through a non-Western lens.

scholarly journals Globalisasi dan Keberagamaan di Asia: Pemikiran Kwok Pui-Lan�Teologi Poskolonial Feminis Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Odniel Hakim Gultom
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Postcolonial Feminist

The main thesis of this article is to present the phenomenon of globalization about cultural change (and economic) that gives effect to the "religion" and religious practice. Secularization as part of globalization and modernization, affecting cultural relations and "religion" in the region. Forms of religious practices which was appointed as the impact of globalization is privatization, fundamentalisasi, and the commodification of religion. Kwok Pui-Lan as an Asian postcolonial feminist theologians criticize globalization as a form of colonization with a new face that oppresses women and children. In the context of Asia with a diversity of religious and extreme poverty, how theology can provide a role in public life. Religion can not be separated from other social relations (especially cultural) as stated classic secularization theory. Thus the award to religious pluralism and inter-faith spirituality to be very important to build religiosity that appreciate coexsistence.

scholarly journals Managing "Amazonia": a cultural case study of female leadership at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tracy Everbach
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
News Values ◽  
Organizational Theories ◽  
Comprehensive Examination

This ethnographic study, the first comprehensive examination of a newspaper managed by women at its highest levels, found that female leaders made some differences in newsroom management and culture, and, to a lesser degree, newspaper content. Based on feminist and organizational theories, the study entailed an examination of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune during a time when an all-female management team led the newspaper. Through the methods of interviews, observation and content analysis, the study found that the managers brought their feminine standpoints to the workplace. They created a work environment that emphasized teamwork, consensus and a balance of work and family. The study also found that the female leadership changed some of the processes and philosophies that had been established by previous male managers at the newspaper. However, the outcome revealed that established masculine news values and practices of reporting, editing, and selecting images and news remained entrenched despite the all-female management team. The female gatekeepers selected and published news topics that conformed to male-dominated news values and influenced content only in small, selected areas.

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