"The Centennial Book Committee would like to thank all the Enrolling Committee for their effort, all those who contributed, the artist -- Laura Dittrich of Acton, the typists -- Ann Hunt and Mary Hunt, the cartoonist -- Ed Hunt and our long-suffering husbands -- Archie Hayden, Graham Matthews and Gord Hunt. Signed: Centennial Book Committee, June Hayden, Beryl Matthews [and] Cathy Hunt, Chairman". -- p. [80].
Contents: [Foreword] / Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate -- [Foreword] / Margaret Wall, President -- The Beginnings of Some of the World Wide Mothers' Unions -- The Five Objects [and Prayers] -- The Banner -- Presidents -- Known Chaplains -- Known Secretaries -- Known Treasurers -- Known Literature Secretaries -- Known Lone Members' Secretaries -- Known Link Secretaries -- Known Indoor (Invalid) Members' Prayer Circle -- Northern Clergy Wives' Discretionary Fund Secretaries -- Historians -- Known Editors -- Newsletters -- Scholarships -- Known Conferences and Comments -- Known Names of Members Who Served on Council who have not been mentioned elsewhere -- Known Young Members' Secretaries -- Wave of Prayer -- Where Our Mothers' Union Workers Are: 131 Workers in 86 Dioceses in 29 Countries -- [Churches of the Mothers' Unions listed alphabetically by diocese i.e.] -- Diocese of Algoma -- Diocese of the Arctic -- Diocese of Athabasca -- Diocese of Brandon -- Diocese of British Columbia -- Diocese of Caledonia -- Diocese of Cariboo -- Diocese of Edmonton -- Diocese of Fredericton -- Diocese of Huron -- Diocese of Keewatin -- Diocese of Kootenay -- Diocese of Montreal -- Diocese of Moosonee -- Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador -- Diocese of New Westminster -- Diocese of Niagara -- Diocese of Nova Scotia -- Diocese of Ontario -- Diocese of Ottawa -- Diocese of Qu'Appelle -- Diocese of Quebec -- Diocese of Rupert's Land -- Diocese of Saskatchewan -- Diocese of Saskatoon -- Diocese of Toronto -- Diocese of Yukon -- Canadian Council 1985-1988 -- Acknowledgements.
Includes historical notes, prayers etc., mostly at the bottom of each page, re the work of the Canadian Mothers' Union e.g. "In 1974, with Archbishop Scott's blessing, the Mothers' Union in Canada undertook a special ministry to help nothern clergy wives, who lived with their husbands in the isolated northern areas across Canada doing missionary work". -- p. [18].
"[By] Barbara Brown Zikmund, Adair T. Lummis [and] Patricia M.Y. Chang".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Perhaps the most significant event in twentieth-century American Protestant churches has been the entry of tens of thousands of women into the church's ordained ministry. How are these women's experiences as ministers different from those of their male counterparts ? What are their callings and careers like ? Based on a wealth of statistical data as well as in-depth personal interviews, this book offers the most authoritative information ever about the real experiences of clergy women (and men), along with anecdotes that show what the life of American clergy today is really like". -- back cover.
Contents: Figures, Indexes, and Tables -- Introduction and Acknowledgements / Barbara Brown Zikmund, Adair T. Lummis [and] Patricia M.Y. Chang -- A New Situation -- A Complex Life -- A Religious Leader -- A Job -- A Calling -- An Expanding Ministry -- Appendixes -- Statistical Appendixes -- Methodological Appendix. -- Notes -- Index.
"These [12] essays are part of a lively debate in the Church of England -- a debate of which the narrow end, as it were, is the ordination of women to the priesthood, and the broad end is the full evaluation of women within the Christian community, and maybe within society as a whole" -- Intro., p. 1.
Contents: Introduction / Monica Furlong -- Women and the Ministry : A Case for Theological Seriousness / Rowan Williams -- The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church / Eric Doyle -- Women and Authority in the Scriptures / George Carey -- 'The Faltering Words of Men' : Exclusive Language in the Liturgy / Janet Morley -- The Ordination of Women and the `Maleness' of the Christ / R.A. Norris, Jr. -- Jesus the Jew and Women / Jane Williams -- Crumbs from the Table : Towards a Whole Priesthood / Anne Hoad -- Mary : My Sister / Jill Robson -- Stereotyping the Sexes in Society and in the Church / Henriette Santer / Called to Priesthood : Interrupting Women's Experience / Mary Tanner -- The Right Time / John Austin Baker -- Snakes and Ladders : Reflections on Hierarchy and the Fall / Peter Clark.
Colophon: Photoset and printed in Great Britain by Photobooks (Bristol) Ltd.
"These [12] essays are part of a lively debate in the Church of England -- a debate of which the narrow end, as it were, is the ordination of women to the priesthood, and the broad end is the full evaluation of women within the Christian community, and maybe within society as a whole" -- Intro., p. 1.
Contents: Introduction / Monica Furlong -- Women and the Ministry : A Case for Theological Seriousness / Rowan Williams -- The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church / Eric Doyle -- Women and Authority in the Scriptures / George Carey -- 'The Faltering Words of Men' : Exclusive Language in the Liturgy / Janet Morley -- The Ordination of Women and the `Maleness' of the Christ / R.A. Norris, Jr. -- Jesus the Jew and Women / Jane Williams -- Crumbs from the Table : Towards a Whole Priesthood / Anne Hoad -- Mary : My Sister / Jill Robson -- Stereotyping the Sexes in Society and in the Church / Henriette Santer / Called to Priesthood : Interrupting Women's Experience / Mary Tanner -- The Right Time / John Austin Baker -- Snakes and Ladders : Reflections on Hierarchy and the Fall / Peter Clark.
Colophon: Photoset and printed in Great Britain by Photobooks (Bristol) Ltd.
"The Consultation of Church Women Executives, held in Glion near Montreux, Switzerland, January 17-22, 1977, was called by the sub-unit on Women in Church and Society of the World Council of Churches". -- p. 3.
Speaking of the purpose of the consultation, Moderator Sylvia Talbot said: "We have come together as part of a world-wide movement, the World Council of Churches, dedicated to the mission of the Church. We have come as leaders of women's work to to think together how we may use our power and influence to 'stir up the people of God', to mobilize women for better stewardship and more effective Christian witness. We have come to examine the nature and style of mission. We have come to answer the questions: How do we learn to identify and respond to the issues of the moment ? How do we encourage women in a ministry which is almost sure to be disruptive ? How do we help women 'to speak clearly, fully, and radically' to the whole Christian community as we were challenged to do in Berlin [in 1974], by Philip Potter, general secretary of the WCC ? How do we move women from the periphery of the Church's life to its centre ?" -- p. 4-5.
Contents: Glimpses of Glion -- The Lives Women Lead -- Agents of Change -- Strength Through Solidarity -- Enriching Resources.
A collection of 25 essays offering "a thought-provoking contribution both to the Ecumenical Decade [of] Churches in Solidarity with Women and to the process of drawing out the implications for the churches of the Platform for Action by the United Nations' World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995). While this book grows out of papers originally prepared for an international consultation on women called by the Lutheran World Federation, its relevance extends beyond the Lutheran family" -- back cover.
A collection of 25 essays offering "a thought-provoking contribution both to the Ecumenical Decade - Churches in Solidarity with Women and to the process of drawing out the implications for the churches of the Platform for Action adopted by the United Nations' fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995). While this book grows out of papers originally prepared for an international consultation on women called by the Lutheran World Federation, its relevance extends beyond the Lutheran family to all Christian churches who are concerned to see how the particular gifts of women can make an even greater difference in their life and witness" -- back cover.
Contents: Foreword: Making a Difference / Peri Rasolondraibe -- Introduction: Background and Genesis / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- Discipleship of Equals: Reality and Vision / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- Vocation and Ministry / Eugene L. Brand -- In Search of a Round Table / Christine Grumm -- Re-reading the Scripture: A Hermeneutical Approach / Nirmala Vasanthakumar -- Power, Authority and the Bible . Wanda Deifelt -- Reading the Bible as Equals / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- Naming and Reclaiming Power / Martha E. Stortz -- Power in a Discipleship of Equals / Ranjini Rebera -- Power and Minorities: Indigenous Women in South America / Manuel Larreal -- Communion and Economic Power / Ruth Besha -- Rethinking Economic Power / Mariama Marjorie Williams -- An Agenda for the Whole Communion / Ishmael Noko -- Theology in the Communion of Churches: What Are the Implications ? / Elisabeth Parmentier -- Women in the Lutheran Communion / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- African Women and Lutheran Tradition / Anna E. Mghwira -- Cultural Elements and Women's Ordination / Datuk Thu En-Yu -- Women Pastors in Indonesia / Basa Huabarat -- The Ordination of Women in Africa / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- Women's Ordination: A Viewpoint from Tanzania / Cuthbert K. Omari -- A Decade of Discovery / Nicole Fischer -- What Does the Decade Offer Men ? / Robert Shantz -- Strategies for Women / Kate Mahn -- Women and Decision-making: An Ethiopian Experience / Yadessa Daba -- The Challenge of Feminist Theologies / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- The Decade as the Great Commission / Pang Ken-Phin -- Contributors.
At head of title: For Use of Participants only : First Assembly of the World Council of Churches Amsterdam, 1948.
"This Report aims to serve two purposes. First, it will give an introduction to the range of experience and opinion gathered from various countries and churches during the Study of `The Life and Work of Women in the Church'. In the second place, it will serve as background material for the consideration of the Concern of the Churches for `The Place of Women in the Church' by the first Assembly of the World Council of Churches'." -- p. 5.
Contents: Statement of the Aims of this Report -- General Background -- Point of View and Method of Study -- Response to Enquiry -- Basic considerations -- Professional activities -- Voluntary activities -- Governing boards -- Women and the Ecumenical Movement -- Some main issues : Suggestions for Next Steps -- Suggestions of Means to Be Employed in Taking Some Next Steps -- Appendix.
Appendix consists of names of "Chief Correspondents in Countries Co-operating in study of `The Life and Work of Women in the Church'". Canadian correspondent: Mrs. G.E. Forbes, c/o Dr. W.J. Gallagher, 3 Willcocks Street, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada.
This book "reinforces the critical importance of `preserving' ecclesial initiatives, particularly those which owe their existence and their continued life to the creativity, courage and commitment of `women of God'. The extraordinary variety and the sheer magnificence of Anglican women's work has yet to be sufficiently acknowledged, let alone respectfully appreciated throughout the Anglican Communion and so I welcome this book as a significant effort toward redeeming this ongoing problematic. This narrative provides overwhelming evidence of the irrepressible capacity of women to push relentlessly toward, within and beyond all of the myriad `places of possibility' within our inherently patriarchal church structures". -- Preface, p, ix].
Contents divided into five main sections: Introduction -- Part One : Women in the Voluntary Arena -- Part Two : Clergy Wives -- Part Three : Clergy Women -- Part Four : Conclusion.
Contents: Preface / Jenny Plane Te Paa -- Dedication -- Introduction -- The Question -- Form and Shape -- Post Modernisms as Possibility -- The Storytellers -- Integration: The Theory -- Applied Integration -- Personal and Professional -- Women in the Voluntary Arena -- 19th Century Beginnings -- WA: The Women's Auxiliary -- The Mothers' Union -- Parish Guilds -- ACW: Anglican Church Women -- Assimilation or Resistance to Change -- Collective Profile -- Fragments of Alienation -- Inclusivity: New Models of Partnership -- Who Are We Now ? -- Clergy Wives -- Common Dimensions of the Clergy Wife Experience -- Six Models -- Assimilation, Alienation and Mutuality in the First Person -- Clergy Women -- Who Are We Now ? -- Forces of Tradition -- Models of Ministry -- Spirituality -- Career Aspirations -- Living Alienation -- Ministry Challenges -- Home and Family: How Does It Fit ? -- Moving Beyond Old Role Models -- Woman Against Women -- Mutuality: Living the New Reign of Love -- From Rectorship to Partnership: New Models of Ministry -- Woman to Woman -- Domestic Partnership -- Conclusion.