A Church with Newly-Opened Doors: The Ordination of Women Priests in the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan
Voices began calling for the ordination of women in the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan (Nippon Sei Ko Kai) in the 1980s. This article examines the worldwide debates on this issue, along with the development of feminist theology, and the responses within Japan. It traces the arguments presented b...
| Published in: | Japanese journal of religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2017
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| In: |
Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Anglican Church
/ Woman
/ Ordination
/ Church reform
/ Geschichte 1880-
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| RelBib Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia KDE Anglican Church RB Church office; congregation SC Church law; Anglican Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Ordination B Priests B Churches B Deacons B Gender Roles B Men B Anglicanism B Religious buildings B Pastors |
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| Summary: | Voices began calling for the ordination of women in the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan (Nippon Sei Ko Kai) in the 1980s. This article examines the worldwide debates on this issue, along with the development of feminist theology, and the responses within Japan. It traces the arguments presented both for and against the ordination of women, and the process that eventually resulted in the actual ordination of a woman as a priest in 1998. This article looks at this issue in terms of a reformation of the structure of sexual discrimination that had been formed in the church in Japan, and how it was the start of a way to revive the church in its mission to truly spread the Gospel of Christ. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.44.1.2017.37-54 |