My Queen, My Mother: Understanding Gender in the Catholic Schoenstatt Marian Movement

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dc.contributor.advisorGiuffre, Pattien_US
dc.contributor.authorBlanchette, Karen D.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChee, Kyongen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRaphael, Rebeccaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T10:24:21Z
dc.date.available2012-02-15T10:24:21Z
dc.date.issued2011-08en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Roman Catholic Church has a long history promoting traditional gender roles and values through its patriarchal structure. However, the Catholic Church also has a strong tradition of being highly devoted to the Virgin Mary and creating a central feminine icon within that structure. The Schoenstatt movement is a new lay ecclesial movement within the Church that emphasizes Marian devotion. This study explores how men and women within the Schoenstatt movement relate to the Virgin Mary, construct and maintain their gendered identities within the Schoenstatt movement as well as understanding how gender impacts the structure and organization of the Schoenstatt movement. While both men and women thought of Mary as a spiritual mother, only the women viewed her specifically as a woman. As a whole, the men rejected society's view of masculinity and adopted a more sensitive and emotionally open masculinity. However, the women adopted an emphasized femininity which maintained the patriarchal structure of the movement. This patriarchal structure was most evident in the lack of religious resources available to the women of the Schoenstatt community.en_US
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent126 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationBlanchette, K. D. (2011). <i>My queen, my mother: Understanding gender in the Catholic Schoenstatt Marian movement</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4581
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectVirgin Maryen_US
dc.subjectSpiritual capitalen_US
dc.subjectSchoenstatten_US
dc.subjectLay movementsen_US
dc.subjectCatholicismen_US
dc.subject.classificationSociologyen_US
dc.titleMy Queen, My Mother: Understanding Gender in the Catholic Schoenstatt Marian Movementen_US
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentSociology
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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