On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 02:27 PM, Sharon Smith wrote:
> I am trying to find resources that explore the reasons why women tend
> to be the
> majority of those involved in religion and/or interested in
> spirituality and
> would be very grateful for your help in doing this.
This is an excellent question, and I now realize that I really have not
seen the amount of research on this issue that I would have expected.
You may find Tony Walter and Grace Davie's article, "The Religiosity of
Women in the Modern West" (British Journal of Sociology 12/98 v49(4)
pp. 640-660) useful, as (judging by the PsycInfo abstract) it does note
the trend and speculate in some depth on its possible causes.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Tom Head
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