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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459060303321

Titolo

Women and ordination in the Christian churches [[electronic resource] ] : international perspectives / / edited by Ian Jones, Kirsty Thorpe and Janet Wootton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2008

ISBN

1-282-86791-1

9786612867910

0-567-10676-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark theology

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesIan, Dr.

WoottonJanet

ThorpeKirsty

Disciplina

262/.14

Soggetti

Ordination of women - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Hermeneutical questions: the ordination of women in the light of Biblical and patristic typology / Frances Young -- ; The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church / Catherine Gyarmathy-Amherd -- ; The ordination of women from an Orthodox perspective / Katerina Karkala-Zorba -- Should theological education be different for clergywomen? Doing 'women's work' in a mainline Protestant seminary / Ellen Blue -- Doing leadership differently? Women and senior leadership in the Church of England / Rosie Ward -- Winifred Kiek: migration and the prophetic role of Congregational women ministers in Australia, 1927-77 / Julia Pitman -- Women and ministry within the British Unitarian movement / Ann Peart -- ; The ordination and the consecration of women in the Church of Sweden / Christina Odenberg -- ; The ordination of women in Africa: an historical perspective / Esther Mombo -- Women's ordination in the old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht / Angela Berlis -- Forever pruning? The path to ordained women's full participation in the Episcopal Church of the USA / Adair T. Lummis -- ; The feminization and professionalization of



ordained ministry within the Mâ'ohi Protestant Church in French Polynesia / Gwendoline Malogne-Fer -- Neither male nor female: tradition, ordination and female leadership in the Nigerian new generation churches / Bolaji Olukemi Bateye -- One ministry, separate spheres: the experiences of ordained women in senior leadership in the Salvation Army in the United Kingdom / Helen Cameron, Gillian Jackson -- Daughters of Jerusalem, mothers of Salem: Caribbean women in the ministry of the Anglican Church / Rachele E. Vernon.

Sommario/riassunto

The growth of women's ordained ministry is one of the most remarkable and significant developments in the recent history of Christianity. This collection of essays brings together leading contributors from both academic and church contexts to explore Christian experiences of ordaining women in theological, sociological, historical and anthropological perspective.  Key questions include: How have national, denominational and ecclesial cultures shaped the different ways in which women's ordination is debated and/or enacted? What differences have women's ordained ministry, and debates on women's

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812135203321

Autore

Feuer Bryan Avery

Titolo

Mycenaean civilization : an annotated bibliography through 2002 / / Bryan Feuer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-7864-2698-5

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

016.938

016.93801

Soggetti

Civilization, Mycenaean

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Mycenaean Civilization; 1.



Mycenaean Civilization:  General Works  ; General Summaries; Bibliographies; History of Mycenaean Research; Biographies; Conferences, Symposia and Colloquia; Environment; Language; Chronology; Tradition and Historical Evidence; 2. Cultural History and Society ; Cultural Evolution and Development; Economic Organization; Subsistence; Demography and Population; Physical Anthropology; Political Organization; External Contacts; Religion; Social Organization and Structure; Settlement Patterns; 3. Material Culture ; Art; Architecture

PaintingSculpture; Pottery; Metalwork; Lithics; Chariots; Sealstones; Jewelry; Amber; Faience; Glass; Ivory; Shell; Textiles; Wood; 4. Intellectual Life ; Linear B; Mathematics; Medicine; Literature; Music; 5. New Directions; 6. Regional Syntheses and Site Reports Gazetteers; Gazetteers; Regional Syntheses; Site Reports; Glossary; Author Index; Place Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Classical Greeks considered the Mycenaean civilization to be the basis of their glorious and heroic heritage, but its material existence was not confirmed until the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann in the late nineteenth century. In the ensuing years, as with the field of archaeology in general, emphasis has shifted from revealing monuments and finding treasure to dealing with less glamorous, more scientifically-oriented investigations concerning aspects such as social and political organization, economic functions and settlement patterns. With its more than 2000 entries, this reference work