My body : my blood

Notes: A play written by an Anglican lay woman begun in 1987 when women's ordination failed in General Synod by three votes. The decision fired Kirby's imagination and she "began investigating the history of the Christian church for how it had addressed the 'problem of women' (p. 7)". "This is an evocative play, well worth reading, particularly for those in the Anglican tradition for whom this is recent history. It is, of course, more than history. It shows the church in the birth pangs of reform, and inspires us to be midwives in the process."

Subjects: Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Australia - Drama; Religious drama - Anglican Church of Australia - Book reviews; Feminist theology - Anglican Church of Australia - Book reviews; Kirby, Margaret, 1962-