Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies
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2017
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Abstract
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) is celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in 2017. The quotation
above is a statement made by the South African Council of Churches following the
announcement that the Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted in favour of the
ordination of women at the church�s September, 1992 Provincial Synod. This was a
newsworthy event given the currents of change and rhetoric of freedom in apartheid
South Africa. Under the heading �Women priests for SA� the Cape Times (August 15,
1992:2) reports that seventy-nine percent voted in favour of the ordination of women.
This result complied with the two-thirds majority required on an issue declared
�controversial.�
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The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA), Women, Priesthood, Ordination, Gender
Citation
Pillay, M.N. (2017). Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies. Consensus, 38(1): Art. 10