Pillay, Miranda. N15/10/202015/10/20202020Pillay , 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.v76i1.58202072-8050https://hdl.handle.net/10566/5257In 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.enSouth Africawomen priestAnglican churchpatriarchal normativityFeminist theo-ethical perspectiveArticle