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Many more women than men in religious studies get through comprehensive exams but never finish the dissertation, a condition coyly referred to as “all but dissertation,” or ABD. Much of the explanation is economic and societal in nature, having nothing to do with competence. Writing a dissertation requires uninterrupted time, which is expensive, and it requires overcoming the social conditioning that women have nothing unique and meaningful to say. Happily, as a field we have come some distance on both accounts.
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Hunt, M.E. (2004). Dissertation. In: Hunt, M.E. (eds) A Guide for Women in Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-8151-6_40
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