Women and ordination in the Christian churches : international perspectives /

Women and ordination in the Christian churches : international perspectives /

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Imprint:London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2008.
Description:xii, 242 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:T & T Clark theology
T & T Clark theology.
Subject:
Ordination of women -- Christianity.
Ordination of women -- Christianity.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7359923
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Other authors / contributors:Jones, Ian, Dr.
Wootton, Janet.
Thorpe, Kirsty.
ISBN:9780567031549 (hbk.)
0567031543 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:The growth of women's ordained ministry is one of the most significant developments in the recent history of Christianity. This collection of essays brings together contributors from both academic and church contexts to explore Christian experiences of ordaining women in theological, sociological, historical and anthropological perspectives.
Other form:Online version: Women and ordination in the Christian churches. London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2008
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Theological Perspectives
  • 1. Hermeneutical Questions: The Ordination of Women in the Light of Biblical and Patristic Typology
  • 2. The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church
  • 3. The Ordination of Women from an Orthodox Perspective
  • 4. Should Theological Education be Different for Clergywomen? Doing 'Women's Work' in a Mainline Protestant Seminary
  • 5. Doing Leadership Differently? Women and Senior Leadership in the Church of England
  • Part 2. Historical Perspectives
  • 6. Winifred Kiek: Migration and the Prophetic Role of Congregational Women Ministers in Australia, 1927-77
  • 7. Women and Ministry within the British Unitarian Movement
  • 8. The Ordination and the Consecration of Women in the Church of Sweden
  • 9. The Ordination of Women in Africa: An Historical Perspective
  • 10. Women's Ordination in the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht
  • Part 3. Sociological Perspectives
  • 11. Forever Pruning? The Path to Ordained Women's Full Participation in the Episcopal Church of the USA
  • 12. The Feminization and Professionalization of Ordained Ministry within the Ma'ohi Protestant Church in French Polynesia
  • 13. Neither Male nor Female: Tradition, Ordination and Female Leadership in the Nigerian New Generation Churches
  • 14. One Ministry, Separate Spheres: The Experiences of Ordained Women in Senior Leadership in the Salvation Army in the United Kingdom
  • 15. Daughters of Jerusalem, Mothers of Salem: Caribbean Women in the Ministry of the Anglican Church
  • Afterword
  • Index of Biblical References
  • Index of Subjects and Names

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