Religious conversion as women's liberation from the family

Chen, Carolyn. “Religious conversion as women's liberation from the family”. Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper No. 43, Berkeley, CA: Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4077.
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Abstract

This paper examines how religious conversion to Christianity and Buddhism offers Taiwanese immigrant women spaces of independence from the family. Religion liberates women from traditional social roles by offering alternative conceptions of a genderless self. Through religious conversion, women carve out independent identities for themselves outside of family-defined roles. This new sense of religious purpose in their lives often competes with their commitments to their families.

Title
Religious conversion as women's liberation from the family: The case of Taiwanese immigrant women
Author
Chen, Carolyn
Center
Work and Family Research Network
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
2002
Publisher
Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley
Extent
1 p.
Series Title
Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper
Series Number
No. 43
General Note
Carolyn Chen is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley.
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4077
Use Restrictions
Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States" (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/)

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