Seeking the Truth of Change in the Church: Reception, Communion and the Ordination of Women
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Seeking the Truth of Change in the Church: Reception, Communion and the Ordination of Women
By (Author) The Rev. Professor Paul Avis
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st January 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Christianity
Religious and spiritual figures
Theology
262.143
Physical Properties
Paperback
186
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
240g
Description
Arising out of consultations under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church, this book examines the Church of England's decision to ordain women to the priesthood and to make pastoral provision for those opposed. It attempts to discover and define the theological principles underlying both the ordination of women and the determination of the Church to maintain communion when these developments provoke fundamental disagreements. The book also considers the role of the so-called "flying Bishops", set in place by the Episcopal Ministry Act of Synod (1993). All the contributors support, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, the Act of Synod, but they are divided in their view of the ordination of women.
Author Bio
Paul Avis is Honorary Professor in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK, as well as Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, UK, and Editor-in-Chief of Ecclesiology.
