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Religion Clergy

Defining Work

Gender, Professional Work, and the Case of Rural Clergy

by (author) Muriel Mellow

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2006
Category
Clergy
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773531376
    Publish Date
    Nov 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577459
    Publish Date
    Nov 2006
    List Price
    $95.00

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Based on interviews with forty rural Protestant clergy, Mellow argues that male and female clergy challenge gendered definitions of work by focusing on obligation, context, visibility, and time. She also considers how clergy's work is shaped by the rural setting, arguing that we must consider how work is "placed" as well as gendered.

About the author

Muriel Mellow is assistant professor, sociology, University of Lethbridge.

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