Found Family with MaryB. Safrit
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Found Family with MaryB. Safrit
Church Pains and Perks for Single Women (feat. Dr. Katie Gaddini)
In this episode, you'll hear Katie and I talk about:
- How the Billy Graham rule affects single women
- What the church gets right about community
- Our thoughts on "changing the church from the inside"
- The specific value single women bring to the church
Dr. Katie Gaddini is a sociologist at the Social Research Institute, University College London (UCL), and a research associate at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Sociology. From 2022-2026 she is a United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI) Research Fellow at Stanford University and UCL.
Katie holds master’s degrees from Boston College and the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge.
Her debut book, The Struggle to Stay, is based on over four years of in-depth ethnographic research with single evangelical women in the US and the UK. Her current research investigates Christianity and politics in the US. Her writing has been published in Religion & Politics, LA Review of Books, The Marginalia Review, The Conversation , and more.
You can follow Katie on Instagram @drkatiegaddini, and on Twitter @DrKatieGaddini. Her website is katiegaddini.com. You can buy The Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church from all major book retailers.
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