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Renunciation, Feminism, and Social Service

Renunciation, Feminism, and Social Service This study examines feminist attitudes and social service motivation of 681 women of two prominent Hindu orders having a global presence. Ordained Hindu women believed that commitment to religious orders, celibacy, and social service countered patriarchy. City location, work profile versatility in the order, education, and duration of being ordained, significantly influenced their views and scores on the Feminist Perspective Scale and Public Service Motivation Scale. Two implications are foregrounded: the recognition of a cohort of women who perform social service as religious duty, and a different form of feminist care ethics located within a feminist theological premise. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Renunciation, Feminism, and Social Service

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 32 (4): 13 – Nov 1, 2017

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2017
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/0886109917718326
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Abstract

This study examines feminist attitudes and social service motivation of 681 women of two prominent Hindu orders having a global presence. Ordained Hindu women believed that commitment to religious orders, celibacy, and social service countered patriarchy. City location, work profile versatility in the order, education, and duration of being ordained, significantly influenced their views and scores on the Feminist Perspective Scale and Public Service Motivation Scale. Two implications are foregrounded: the recognition of a cohort of women who perform social service as religious duty, and a different form of feminist care ethics located within a feminist theological premise.

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Nov 1, 2017

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