Dr SARAH-JANE PAGE's Outputs (36)

Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity (2024)
Book
Page, S.-J., & Lowe, P. (2024). Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54692-1

This book details how British Catholic communities view abortion, highlighting the diversity of positions which often contrast with the official line of Catholic Church doctrine. The authors’ extensive qualitative investigation involving various Cath... Read More about Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity.

Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Lowe, P., & Page, S.-J. (2024). Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK. Sociological Research Online, 29(3), 527-543. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804231175012

In the UK, the vast majority of people accept abortion, whether or not they are religious. Holding an absolutist anti-abortion view is out of line with the general population. The overwhelming majority of anti-abortion activists are motivated by cons... Read More about Raising ‘True Believers’: Anti-Abortion ‘Education’ for Primary Children in the UK.

Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK: Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere (2022)
Book
Lowe, P., & Page, S. (2022). Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK: Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere. Emerald

Drawing from extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, this book explores the beliefs, motivations and practices of UK anti-abortion activists. Whilst they represent a tiny minority, there is recent evidence of an increase... Read More about Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK: Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere.

Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism (2022)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J., & Lowe, P. (2022). Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism. Religion and Gender, 12(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.30965/18785417-01201009

The United Nations view access to abortion as a fundamental human right. Yet increasingly in the UK, religiously-motivated activists undertake public displays opposing abortion, often outside abortion clinics, and precipitated through international c... Read More about Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism.

Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality (2021)
Book Chapter
Page, S. (2022). Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality. In C. Starkey, & E. Tomalin (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society (234-248). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429466953-18

This chapter considers religion in relation to intimate life. The relationship between religion and intimate life in the UK has undergone significant change in recent years. It has focused on the relationship between religion and intimate life in the... Read More about Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality.

Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality (2021)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J., & Yip, A. K. T. (2021). Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality. Journal of Global Buddhism, 22(2), 380-398. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4727652

This article focuses on how young Buddhists (aged between 18 and 25, living in the UK, who typically had not been raised Buddhist) utilised reflexivity as a strategy to navigate youth transitions. Participants’ decision-making was premised on Buddhis... Read More about Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality.

Understanding young adult Muslim and Christian attitudes toward queer identity: A Canadian and UK comparison (2021)
Journal Article
Page, S., & Shipley, H. (2022). Understanding young adult Muslim and Christian attitudes toward queer identity: A Canadian and UK comparison. Sexualities, 25(5-6), 785-803. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460721995756

This article utilises data from two parallel mixed-methods projects to examine attitudes to queer identity among heterosexual Muslim and Christian young adults aged between 18 and 25 in Canada and the UK. Drawing on questionnaires, interviews and vid... Read More about Understanding young adult Muslim and Christian attitudes toward queer identity: A Canadian and UK comparison.

Contested Embodiment: The Use of Prayer in Public Displays of Anti-abortion Activism (2020)
Book Chapter
Page, S., & Lowe, P. (2020). Contested Embodiment: The Use of Prayer in Public Displays of Anti-abortion Activism. In S. Page, & K. Pilcher (Eds.), Embodying Religion, Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Contributing to an Unfinished Conversation (2020)
Book Chapter
Page, S., & Kam-Tuck Yip, A. (2020). Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Contributing to an Unfinished Conversation. In Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives. Lieden: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004390713_002

This chapter aims to enable a more nuanced conversation about the inclusion of religion in intersectional study, specifically in relation to sexuality. It starts by introducing intersectionality and how we conceptualise it, orienting it around four k... Read More about Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Contributing to an Unfinished Conversation.

Navigating Religion, Sexuality and Illness: Ellie’s Story (2020)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J., & Yip, A. K.-T. (2020). Navigating Religion, Sexuality and Illness: Ellie’s Story. In S.-J. Page, & A. K.-T. Yip (Eds.), Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives (228-248). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004390713_013

This chapter uses one woman’s life story to examine the intersection of religion, sexuality, and illness. This woman, Ellie, was a university student who identified as a ‘Quaker-Buddhist-Pagan’ bisexual and practised polyamory, and she also suffered... Read More about Navigating Religion, Sexuality and Illness: Ellie’s Story.

Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies (2020)
Book
Page, S.-J., & Shipley, H. (2020). Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145945

This book examines key themes and concepts pertaining to religious and sexual identities and expressions, mapping theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions. It explores the ways in which debates around sexuality and religion have been fra... Read More about Religion and Sexualities: Theories, Themes and Methodologies.

Bisexual Erasure and Religious Spaces: Experiences of Young Adults in the United Kingdom (2020)
Book Chapter
Kam-Tuck Yip, A., & Page, S.-J. (2020). Bisexual Erasure and Religious Spaces: Experiences of Young Adults in the United Kingdom. In Bisexuality, Religion and Spirituality: Critical Perspectives. Routledge

Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion (2020)
Journal Article
Lowe, P., & Page, S. (2020). Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion. Women's Studies International Forum, 79, Article 102332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102332

In the UK, narratives about saved women and babies have been a significant feature in anti-abortion campaigns to oppose bufferzones, which seek to prevent anti-abortion activists from being directly outside abortion clinics. Anti-abortion activists a... Read More about Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion.

Rights-based claims made by UK anti-abortion activists (2019)
Journal Article
Lowe, P., & Page, S. (2019). Rights-based claims made by UK anti-abortion activists. Health and Human Rights,

This article analyzes the ways in which rights-based arguments are utilized by anti-abortion activists in the UK. Drawing on an ethnographic study featuring 30 abortion clinic sites, anti-abortion marches, and other campaigns, we argue that rights-ba... Read More about Rights-based claims made by UK anti-abortion activists.

‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales (2018)
Journal Article
Lowe, P., & Page, S.-J. (2019). ‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales. European Journal of Women's Studies, 26(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506818785191

Across the UK, there has been an increase in anti-abortion activism outside abortion clinics. The activism deployed includes explicitly religious activities such as ‘prayerful witnessing’ and ‘pavement counselling’, which aim to discourage women from... Read More about ‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales.

Lived religion and sexuality: Future directions (2017)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J. (2017). Lived religion and sexuality: Future directions. In Foundations and Futures in the Sociology of Religion. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315107547

In recent years, concepts such as lived and everyday religion have re-energised how religion is measured, analysed and understood. But although such terminology is readily deployed in contemporary research, there are areas where it has not been so pr... Read More about Lived religion and sexuality: Future directions.

Exploring young adults' faith lives through video diaries: Consent, voice and power (2017)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J. (2017). Exploring young adults' faith lives through video diaries: Consent, voice and power. In N. Slee, F. Porter, & A. Phillips (Eds.), Researching Female Faith: Qualitative Research Methods. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315185446

In this chapter, the author considers the background literature in relation to feminist approaches to research and visual methods more generally. She reflects on three issues: consent, voice and power/hierarchy, and concentrates on the implications o... Read More about Exploring young adults' faith lives through video diaries: Consent, voice and power.

Anglican clergy husbands securing middle-class gendered privilege through religion (2017)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J. (2017). Anglican clergy husbands securing middle-class gendered privilege through religion. Sociological Research Online, 22(1), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.4252

Traditionally, clergy wives have been obliged to assist the Church in an unpaid capacity; such work has been feminised, associated with the assumed competencies of women (Denton 1962; Finch 1980, 1983; Murphy-Geiss 2011). Clergy husbands are a relati... Read More about Anglican clergy husbands securing middle-class gendered privilege through religion.

Introduction: class and Christianity (2017)
Journal Article
Page, S., Guest, M., & Taylor, Y. (2017). Introduction: class and Christianity. Sociological Research Online, 22(1), 142-145. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.4261

Understanding Young Buddhists: Living out Ethical Journeys (2017)
Book
Yip, A., & Page, S.-J. (2017). Understanding Young Buddhists: Living out Ethical Journeys. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004339262

There is currently an acute lack of scholarly engagement with Buddhism and youth. Based on ground-breaking empirical research, Understanding Young Buddhists: Living out Ethical Journeys explores the stories of young Buddhists, through a rich analysis... Read More about Understanding Young Buddhists: Living out Ethical Journeys.