Faith, Masculinity, and Work: An Analysis of Christian Stay-at-Home-Dads

• In Event: Secular and Sacred: Communication and Organizing in Religious Organizations

Abstract

This study examines how discourses of religious institutions influence conceptions of work, a contemporary interest of organizational scholars. Using the context of Christian stay-at-home dads, this study analyzes ways religious discourses inform vocational identity. Through a grounded theory analysis of 20 in-depth interviews with SAHDs of faith, we identity ways the men draw upon and resist religious discourses as they make sense of their vocational choices.

Authors

• Blair Browning, Baylor University

• Teresa McAlpine, Baylor University

• Lacy McNamee, University of Texas, Austin