Abstract:

In this study, a city of Anatolia in Niğde, the women working who show differences in terms of various variables such as age, education, income, religious attitude, began to study the change and religious relationship in the system of roles within the family. Together with our interviews and observations, 201 women participating in the survey and interview work was conducted. With the industrial revolution, the migration from rural to urban has increased and the transition from the traditional large family to the modern core family has accelerated. As the woman entered the work life, many things have changed within the family and in society. From the change of the father’s authority to the childhood, many issues have now begun to be dealt with beyond the traditional and with modern facts and realities. Per one of the elements that were very influenced by this change was the change in religious thinking and values as women working began to work. The practical dimension of religion has decreased over time, and the more individual and moral dimension of religion has come to the forefront. According to the results of the study, it seems to have profoundly affected the family and the individuals that make up one of the core stones of society by entering the work life of the woman, as an activity that brings income outside the home. The family institution is a port that is both a shelter to the individual in the process of rapid change and is at the center of change, trying to get used to the new situation we can call. Between those of our study participants who see themselves as religious and those who don’t see themselves as religious, it has been meaningful to show that the basic ideas of the family in both sections are aligned with the modern family paradigm, and that the change covers the whole society. In the study, women who work as teachers and officials in national education have been studied the change in the role system within the family and, consequently, the change in their religious values and attitudes from the point of view of religious sociology.

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