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Zusatztext This is a collection rich in theological, historical and social insight, offering a number of perspectives into the challenges facing the ordained ministry of women, and also the challenges presented by it... The volume more than lives up to the editors’ hope, and it deserves to be read and engaged with more widely. Informationen zum Autor Dr. Ian Jones is Director of St. Peter's Saltley Trust and formerly Research Associate at the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Manchester, UK. His publications on the history and sociology of contemporary Christianity include: Women and Priesthood in the Church of England: Ten Years On (2004). The Revd Dr Kirsty Thorpe is a minister in the United Reformed Church. Janet Wootton is minister of Union Chapel, Islington, and founder-co-chair of the International Congregational Theological Commission. Vorwort An exploration of Christian experiences of ordaining women from theological, sociological, historical and anthropological perspectives, by leading contributors from both academic and church contexts. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays which provide an exploration of Christian experiences of ordaining women from theological, sociological, historical and anthropological perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionIan Jones, Kirsty Thorpe and Janet WoottonPart I: Theological Perspectives1 Hermeneutical Questions: the Ordination of Women in the Light of Biblical and Patristic TypologyFrances Young2 The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic ChurchCatherine Gyarmathy-Amherd3 The Ordination of Women from an Orthodox PerspectiveKaterina Karkala-Zorba4 Should Theological Education Be Different for Clergywomen? Doing Women's Work; in a Mainline Protestant SeminaryEllen Blue5 Doing Leadership Differently? Women and Senior Leadership in the Church of England Rosie WardPart II: Historical Perspectives6 Winifred Kiek, Migration and the Prophetic Role of Congregational Women Ministers in Australia, 1927-1977Julia Pitman7 Women and Ministry within the British Unitarian MovementAnn Peart8 The Process in the Church of Sweden towards the Ordination of Women as Priests and the Consecration of Women as BishopsChristina Odenberg9 The Ordination of Women in Africa: a Historical PerspectiveEsther Mombo 10 Women's Ordination in the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht: Discussion, Decision-Making and ReceptionAngela BerlisPart III: Sociological Perspectives11 Forever pruning? The Path to Ordained Women's Full Participation in the Episcopal Church of the United States of AmericaAdair Lummis12 The Feminisation and Professionalisation of Ordained Ministry within the M'ohi Protestant Church in French PolynesiaGwendoline Malogne-Fer13 Neither Male nor Female: Tradition, Ordination and Nigerian Female Leaders of New Generation ChurchesBolaji Bateye,14 One Ministry, Separate Spheres: The Experiences of Ordained Women in Senior Leadership in The Salvation Army in the UKHelen Cameron and Gillian Jackson15 Daughters of Jerusalem, Mothers of Salem: Caribbean Women in the Ministry of the Anglican ChurchEvie VernonAFTERWORDIan Jones...
