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Over the course of its history the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn has been at the forefront of the extension of women’s ministry to the three orders of ordained ministry.. However, not all is as it should be or might have been expected. This report examines why levels of leadership among
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To give a statistical reading of that context of persons actually named in the Bible, around 90% are men and 10% women. “The Hebrew Bible mentions a total of 1,426 names of which 1,315 are those of men. Thus only 111 women’s names appear, about 9% of the total. [1] Another study meticulously count
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Choosing not to include those who are seeking to change the demons of inequality, exclusion, abuse, oppression, tyranny and power, means no change will occur. Such change will always require all parties to be involved and everyone to cede changes for which everyone can become invested and it must be
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".. the liberating goal of all the woman theologies is not reached by simply integrating women into a society and a church where patriarchal structures, androcentric theory and privileging prevail as the norm. This ‘add woman and stir’ recipe isn’t working, it has never worked and will not work whi
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The Rev'd Dr Lucy Morris reflects on the troubling response to affirmation of the 30th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women at General Synod 18. The treatment of women in Australia and in parts of the Anglican Church continues to surprise and astonish all who watch the institutional
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The Rev’d Canon Peter Sandeman, Canon for Social Justice and Advocacy, Adj Professor UniSA Business on developments at Murray Synod. Following the presidential address by Bishop Keith I was able to successfully move the following motion at he recent session of The Murray Synod: “That the Legislation Review Committee
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In his speech to the motion to celebrate of the 30th Anniversary of Women as Priests, Bishop Keith Joseph made these remarks: Archbishop, members of Synod. Most of you remember the time when the Priesthood was entirely male. I certainly remember the argumentation through the 1980s, and the insistence that
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The Ven. Tiffany Sparks made this response to the complementarianism theology used in support of Statement 1: Mr President, Members of Synod. I am rising to speak against the motion. I have been wrestling with it since Archbishop Kanishka Raffel gave his speech moving the motion. I am concerned about
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A motion recognising the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women was put to Synod by Bishop of North Queensland Keith Joseph, and seconded by Brisbane representative Justice Debra Mullins. The Rev'd Elizabeth Smith proposed an amendment with this speech: I move this amendment, which asks members of