Women Bishops—The Task Ahead

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (29) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Michael Nazir-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Natural Progression ◽  
Women's Ordination ◽  
Theological Study ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
The Church

For some, the possibility of women bishops in the Church of England is to be resisted. For others, it would be a natural progression from women's ordination, first as deacons and then as priests. Last year, General Synod called on the House of Bishops to initiate further theological study on the episcopate in preparation for a debate on the ordination of women as bishops. The resulting working party, which I am to chair, will report during 2002. But what are the theological issues with which we have to grapple?

Bonds of Discord: Alternative Episcopal Oversight Examined in the Light of the Nonjurring Consecrations

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (17) ◽  
pp. 398-409
Author(s):  
Roger Turner
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Women's Ordination ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
The Church

In this paper I offer some warnings regarding the scheme for alternative episcopal oversight now embodied in the Act of Synod passed by the House of Bishops and published as Appendix B to Ordination of Women to the Priesthood: Pastoral Arrangements. These arrangements provide sacramental care as well as oversight for opponents of the ordination of women to the priesthood. Furthermore, the scheme is intended to serve two purposes: first, to safeguard the position of bishops and other clergy opposed to women's ordination; secondly, to ensure a continuity of such bishops and clergy. That the scheme is flawed becomes apparent when one examines it in the light of an arrangement devised at the end of the 17th century. The arrangement had been intended to secure the episcopal oversight of the body, both clerical and lay, which separated itself from the Church of England in 1690–91. The separation stemmed from its members feeling themselves unable to take the oaths of allegiance to William and Mary; hence the term ‘Nonjurors’.

scholarly journals Postfeminist, engaged and resistant: Evangelical male clergy attitudes towards gender and women’s ordination in the Church of England

2020 ◽  
pp. 205030322095286
Author(s):  
Alex Fry
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gender Differentiation ◽  
Women's Ordination ◽  
Perceived Change ◽  
Conservative Evangelical ◽  
The Church

Despite the introduction of female bishops, women do not hold offices on equal terms with men in the Church of England, where conservative evangelical male clergy often reject the validity of women’s ordination. This article explores the gender values of such clergy, investigating how they are expressed and the factors that shape them. Data is drawn from semi-structured interviews and is interpreted with thematic narrative analysis. The themes were analyzed with theories on postfeminism, engaged orthodoxy and group schism. It is argued that participants’ gender values are best understood as postfeminist and that the wider evangelical tradition, as well as a perceived change in Anglican identity with the onset of women’s ordination, shape their postfeminism. Moreover, whilst evangelical gender values possess the potential to foster greater gender equality within the Church of England, gender differentiation limits this possibility, a limitation that could be addressed by increasing participants’ engagement beyond the Church.

Women Bishops: Equality, Rights and Disarray

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Clucas ◽  
Keith Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
The State ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Equality Rights ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
The Church

In this article we discuss the recent history of the failed draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure, situating this within the broader context of the ordination of women and debates around the Equality Act exceptions for an organised religion. We aim to provide an account of the ways in which equality rights have been implemented in the relevant law; how the Church of England is responding to these rights; and how broader society understands the importance of gender equality and reacts to Synod's rejection of the draft Measure. We analyse these with reference to theories of heteronormativity and scholarship of human rights. In doing so, we aim to explain what is happening in the Church of England and broader society, and draw some conclusions about the current opportunities open to the Church and the state in matters of rights and equality.1

Anglo-Catholics and the Ordination of Women: Some Unanswered Questions

Ecclesiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Tobias A. Karlowicz
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Structural Evaluation ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Women's Ordination ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
Theological Debate ◽  
The Church

Within the subset of Anglicanism known as Anglo-Catholicism, the theological debate over women’s ordination to the priesthood has focused on two categories of argument: the tradition of the church, and the symbolism of the priesthood. These, however, are subject to conflicting interpretations. Some seek to continue the received practice of an all-male priesthood, and explain it by reference to symbolic arguments, often Christological in nature. Others, however, argue for a development of egalitarian precedents in the New Testament to address the perceived exclusion of women from the church. This article analyses the debate between these positions both through close criticism of the main arguments, and through a broader structural evaluation of the debate as a whole. This analysis indicates unanswered questions of Christology, anthropology, and development, which are essential to the progress of the debate and the integrity of both positions.

Women, Ordination and the Church of England: An Ambiguous Welcome

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Percy
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
The Church

The ordination of women in the Church of England has had a long hard road. Other denominations, and other parts of the Anglican Communion took the step, but it was not until the 1990s that the first women priests were ordained in the Church of England itself. Even then, Emma Percy describes the situation as an ‘ambiguous welcome’. Careful provision has been made at every stage for those who not only will not accept women as priests, but require the service of bishops who have not participated in the ordination of women. The path to acceptance for women bishops has also been lengthy and subject to the same caveats and provisions. Percy argues that this reveals an underlying failure to think theologically about gender. She recognizes that there are still profound inequalities in the Church’s treatment of women in leadership.

scholarly journals The Ordination of Women and its Impact on the Future of the Church of England

1970 ◽  
pp. 8-9
Author(s):  
Robert Betts
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ordination Of Women ◽  
The Church

In November of 1992, shortly after the General Synod of the Church of England voted to permit the ordination of women as priests, the Bishop of Washington was joined, like his counterpart in Boston, by a female suffragan. Most traditionalists now believe that no hope remains for them in their church and are seeking for alternatives.

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