Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (35)

Counter-Normative Identities: Religious Young Adults Subverting Sexual Norms (2016)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J. (2016). Counter-Normative Identities: Religious Young Adults Subverting Sexual Norms. In F. Stella, Y. Taylor, T. Reynolds, & A. Rogers (Eds.), Sexuality, Citizenship and Belonging: Trans-National and Intersectional Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315752563

The twenty-first century is often invoked as a period of greater sexual freedom, with restraint and traditionalism partitioned to the past. The new rights accorded to LGBTQ groups and women have cemented such a perception. But whilst some theorists (... Read More about Counter-Normative Identities: Religious Young Adults Subverting Sexual Norms.

Navigating Equality: Religious Young Women’s Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality Equality (2016)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J. (2016). Navigating Equality: Religious Young Women’s Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality Equality. In L. Gemzöe, M.-L. Keinänen, & A. Maddrell (Eds.), Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion: European Perspectives (131-150). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42598-6_6

Equality has become an important concept within secular-liberal societies (Perrons 2005), with white, secular Western women interpellated as quintessentially embodying this equality (Gill and Scharff 2011; McRobbie 2011; Nayak and Kehily 2008). For r... Read More about Navigating Equality: Religious Young Women’s Perceptions of Gender and Sexuality Equality.

Altruism and Sacrifice: Anglican Priests Managing 'Intensive' Priesthood and Motherhood (2016)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J. (2016). Altruism and Sacrifice: Anglican Priests Managing 'Intensive' Priesthood and Motherhood. Religion and Gender, 6(1), 47-63. https://doi.org/10.18352/rg.10127

Motherhood and Priesthood are two roles that carry with them particular expectations and demands; both are premised on the notion of altruism and sacrifice, constant availability, and putting the needs of others before one's own. This has also been g... Read More about Altruism and Sacrifice: Anglican Priests Managing 'Intensive' Priesthood and Motherhood.

Sexuality and Christianity: understanding the attitudes and negotiations of young adults in the UK (2014)
Book Chapter
Page, S. (2014). Sexuality and Christianity: understanding the attitudes and negotiations of young adults in the UK. In E. Obinna, & G. Vincett (Eds.), Christianity in the modern world. Routledge

Christianity has historically incorporated numerous strands of thinking on sexuality; in some cases, problematizing sexuality through the endorsement of celibacy and asceticism while at other historical and contextual moments, marriage and procreatio... Read More about Sexuality and Christianity: understanding the attitudes and negotiations of young adults in the UK.

Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults (2014)
Book Chapter
Kam-Tuck Yip, A., & Page, S. (2014). Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults. . Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004272385_007

This paper examines the understandings and practices of 515 heterosexual religious young adults living in the United Kingdom in terms of their religious faith and sexuality. It presents qualitative and quantitative data drawn from questionnaires, int... Read More about Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults.

The scrutinized priest: Women in the Church of England Negotiating Professional and Sacred Clothing Choices (2013)
Journal Article
Page, S. (2014). The scrutinized priest: Women in the Church of England Negotiating Professional and Sacred Clothing Choices. Gender, Work and Organization, 21(4), 295-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12035

This article examines the integration of women priests in the Church of England through the lens of dress. Clothing is a salient dynamic in occupational cultures, particularly in relation to the regulation of gendered bodies. Women's ordination to th... Read More about The scrutinized priest: Women in the Church of England Negotiating Professional and Sacred Clothing Choices.

Women, Mothers, and Priests in the Church of England. What a Vocation! (2012)
Journal Article
Page, S. (2012). Women, Mothers, and Priests in the Church of England. What a Vocation!. Travail, genre et sociétés, 27(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.3917/tgs.027.0055

This paper will consider how women priests in the Church of England have been incorporated into the occupational life of the Church, highlighting the ways in which women are negotiating a discriminatory terrain. Although general opposition to women’s... Read More about Women, Mothers, and Priests in the Church of England. What a Vocation!.

Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities (2012)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J., Yip, A., & Keenan, M. (2012). Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities. In The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality. Farnham: Ashgate

This chapter focuses on how young adults, between the ages of 18 and 25 and living in the UK, negotiate the risks embedded in the lived present in order to construct an imagined future in relation to religion, sexuality and intimate relationships. Sp... Read More about Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities.

Religious young adults recounting the past: narrating sexual and religious cultures in school (2012)
Journal Article
Page, S., & Yip, A. (2012). Religious young adults recounting the past: narrating sexual and religious cultures in school. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), 405-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2012.732819

Schooling can be a pivotal time in young people’s formative experience when identities are negotiated and forged. However, contradictory dominant cultures can operate within the school context, making it very challenging for individuals to negotiate... Read More about Religious young adults recounting the past: narrating sexual and religious cultures in school.

Negotiating sacred roles: A Sociological Exploration of Priests who Are Mothers (2011)
Journal Article
Page, S. (2011). Negotiating sacred roles: A Sociological Exploration of Priests who Are Mothers. Feminist Review, 97(1), 43-64. https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2010.37

In 1992, in a historic move, the Church of England voted to allow women's ordination to priesthood and in 1994 the first women priests started to be ordained. Despite much research interest, the experiences of priests who are mothers to dependent chi... Read More about Negotiating sacred roles: A Sociological Exploration of Priests who Are Mothers.

The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse (2008)
Journal Article
Page, S. (2008). The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse. Feminist Theology, 17(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0966735008095640

The ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of England in 1994 signified great change. The impact of the new priests was well documented, and their integration became the focus of much research in the following years. One important area o... Read More about The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse.