Altruism and sacrifice:Anglican priests managing ‘intensive’ priesthood and motherhood

Abstract

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 (Carroll et al. 1983; Hayes 1996; Peyton and Gatrell 2013; Thorne 2000). This has also been gendered; sacrifice and altruism have traditionally been connected with women (Hays 1996). This article will examine what happens when clergy mothers simultaneously enact the roles of priesthood and motherhood, and how this is managed in the context of ‘intensive’ motherhood and priesthood. Based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 clergy mothers in the Anglican Church, it will highlight the contradictions, negotiations and interweaving which occurs for both roles to be concurrently enacted, offering a contextual insight into the management of motherhood vis-à-vis professional life.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.18352/rg.10127
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Sociology and Policy
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Centre for Critical Inquiry into Society and Culture (CCISC)
Additional Information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (unless stated otherwise) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright is retained by the author(s).
Uncontrolled Keywords: intensive motherhood,intensive priesthood,Church of England,clergy mothers
Publication ISSN: 1878-5417
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2024 08:12
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2015 14:05
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-06-20
Published Online Date: 2016-02-19
Authors: Page, Sarah-Jane (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6879-536X)

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