Conflicts and alignments in the construction of women's religious gatherings

This study seeks to provide a comprehensive definition of women's religious assemblies based on the conflicts and alignments that occur in these assemblies and based on the motives of women's presence.For this reason, it seeks to draw on the views of Erving Goffman and Giddens, on the one hand, and Schutz's phenomenological reflections, as well as thematic analysis, show the contradictions and alignments formed in these religious assemblies. The statistical sample provided is 30 women who met the selection criteria for a semi-structured interview; That is, they are over 18 years old, regularly and in attendance as a familiar experience in meetings, and not unfamiliar with interactions in meetings. First, 56 open codes were identified and finally two main themes were identified: gender identification and finally positioning and social identity assignment. The results show that both elements of gender identity with more conflict and less alignment, and the allocation of social identity and social status with more alignment and less conflict, on the other hand, by creating points of occurrence in three areas of gender, The public sphere and the religious sphere play a role in building the women's religious assembly.