Presiding Like a Woman
Feminist Gesture For Christian Assembly
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 2010
192 pages
978-0-281-06553-0 (ISBN)
Description
What does it mean to preside like a woman at the Eucharist? Do women do it differently, or should they? How do lay women and men experience women's priestly ministry? This is an accessible, broadly popular book, pushing the boundaries in new and unusual ways, and making a serious contribution to feminist and liturgical debate.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-281-06553-0 (9780281065530)
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09/2010
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. Presiding like a woman
- 2. 'Four in a vestment'? Feminist gestures for Christian assembly
- 3. My fervent, feminist heart
- 4. Colouring outside the lines
- 5. An inclusive communion order for a denominational worship book
- 6. Thoughts from the exiled edges
- 7. Power, pain or paralysis: Victorian women negotiating their presiding in public work
- 8. A history of the presidency of women: snapshots from the movement for women's ordination in America, Britain and Australia
- 9. Unequivocal affirmation of the saving significance of 'difference'
- 10. Worshipping as a woman
- 11. Why is that priest singing in a woman's voice?
- 12. Being and becoming: how the woman presider enriches our sacred symbols
- 13. In this moment of utter vulnerability: tracing gender in presiding
- 14. 'And ain't I a woman': the phronetic dramaturgy of feeding the family
- 15. Presiding from the broken middle
- 16.Receiving like a woman
- 17. Birthright or misconception?
- 18. Presiding in the classroom: a holy work
- 19. In persona Christae: towards a feminist political Christ-( )-logy of presiding
- or, how presiding with children trains us to challenge 'the powers that be'
- 20. At the table of Christa
