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"Double-Burdened Mothers"

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"Double-Burdened Mothers"

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Duan Hua

Leiden

Brill

Since its reopening in the late 1970s, the Protestant Church (including both registered and unregistered churches) in mainland China has experienced rapid growth characterized by three conspicuous phenomena: extreme gender disproportion, increased numbers of young intellectual and white-collar converts, and growing numbers of women pastors. In this narrative study conducted between May 2016 and May 2017, the researcher interviewed eight women pastors in Protestant churches in W Province to understand their lives and experiences. This study found that the majority of the participating women pastors stated that they entered Christian ministry because of their mothers' influence and prompting. On a deeper level, however, their decision can be attributed to the special political, economic, and social circumstances in mainland China during the 1950s-1970s. These women pastors see themselves as "double-burdened mothers" with respect to their families and the congregations. They face the challenges of dealing with complicated interpersonal relationships, a lack of male leaders and workers, and weak faith within their congregations.

2018

101-130

Review of Religion and Chinese Society

5/1

2214-3955

Chinese culture

Chinese women

church leadership

narrative inquiry

Protestant church in mainland China

women pastors

中国大陆新教教会

中国女性

中国文化

叙事研究

女性牧师

教会领导

Duan Hua

10.1163/22143955-00501006

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