2 reasons why women are more religious than men

Question 1

glock and stark - material deprivation

Answer 1

women more likely to experience material deprivation - religion provides women with comfort by offering them promise of salvation - christianity and islam offer promises of rewards in the afterlife for women suffering now.

De Beauvoir - religion offers women compensators for suffering.

Question 2

glock and stark criticism

Answer 2

Brierley - women’s increasing involvement in paid employment makes women less materially deprived and therefore less religious.

Question 3

miller and hoffman - different lifestyles

Answer 3

women more likely to work part time or be housewives and therefore have more time to participate in religious activities

halman and draulans - women’s roles in the home mean that women take on the responsibility for their children’s moral upbringing and practising religion is a part of installing moral values into their children

Question 4

miller and hoffman criticism

Answer 4

Brown - since 1960s, women have been rejecting traditional gender roles and traditional religions that promote these gender roles