ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by discussing how the three major Abrahamic faiths are heavily patriarchal and that these understandings of gender hierarchy are interconnected. It then moves to discuss, how Christianity, in an ironic turn, has become highly feminised in the West through the advent of a Judeo-Christian secularism, and that Australia is no exception, wherein the majority of parishioners are now women across all denominations. Following this, the chapter then turns to the case study of the Pentecostal Hillsong Church, which presents a curious paradox. Namely, that Pentecostals, despite having higher levels or patriarchal values than other Christian denominations, due to the practice of male “headship” and despite the majority of followers being female, is the only Christian community that is growing in Australia.
