Getting to Church: Exploring Narratives of Gender and Joining

by Sally K. Gallagher

Why do people go to church? What about a congregation attracts new members? What is it that draws women and men differently into diverse types of congregations? Getting to Church assesses the deeply personal and gendered narratives around how women and men move toward identifying with three very different Christian congregations: one Orthodox, one conservative, and one mainline. Drawing on extensive research and ranging across layers of congregational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190239689
• ISBN13: 9780190239688
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"