Description
Discourse concerning the ordination of women to ministry in the Christian churches is over two hundred years old and spans the geographical regions of America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Women have been present as ordained ministers in reformed churches since 1853. Yet the debate in the twenty-first century is still marked by a wide diversity of views. This ranges from stances that assert that it is patently clear that women are of equal caliber to men, that they are of equal dignity before God, and that they are equally susceptible to the calling of the Spirit of God who urges both women and men into diverse forms of service within the Church. At the opposite end of the range are claims that women are clearly subordinate to men by biblical injunction. This view is also often supported by a suspicion of women as 'other’, as anthropologically different from, or lesser than, men. In the middle are views which wish to support the equality in being, dignity and status of women and men, but which claim that God has apportioned to the sexes a different range of roles and ministries in life. In the Church, it is claimed, this differentiation of roles becomes inviolable because of the establishment of an ecclesiological tradition which itself has gained immutability.
Additional information
| Weight | 240 g |
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| Dimensions | 9 × 6 × 0.5 cm |
| Sub Title | Interdenominational Perspectives |
| Author | VICTOR C. PFITZNER |
| ISBN | 9781920691479 |
