Is Faith Feminine?: What Americans Really Think about Gender and Religion

Author/Contributor(s):	Schnabel, Landon
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	11/04/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Is Faith Feminine? challenges the idea that women are simply "naturally" more religious. Using large surveys and new data, Landon Schnabel shows that gender gaps in religion vary widely across traditions: women are more religious among Christians, but the pattern weakens, disappears, or reverses among Muslims and others. Tracing the political consequences of religion's gendered appeal and why many Americans are disengaging from religious institutions while maintaining personal faith and spirituality, this book offers a new account of religion, gender, and social change in the contemporary United States and beyond.