Women, priests and patriarchal ecclesial spaces in the Anglican church of Southern Africa: On �interruption� asa transformative rhetorical strategy
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2020
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OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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In spite of the presence of women in previously male-dominated ecclesial spaces, patriarchal normativity continues to be re-inscribed through the reproduction of knowledge, which sustains skewed gender power relations amongst the clergy. This was a case in point when a newly ordained woman priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa was recently addressed as, and given the official title, �mother� during the vestment ritual at a church service where she was to celebrate the Eucharist for the first time.
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South Africa, women priest, Anglican church, patriarchal normativity, Feminist theo-ethical perspective
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Pillay , M. N. (2020) . Women, priests and patriarchal ecclesial spaces in the Anglican church of Southern Africa: On �interruption� asa transformative rhetorical strategy .HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies76(1), 1-6 . https://doi.org/ 10.4102/hts.v76i1.5820