Asian Women in the Ecumenical Movement: Voices of Resistance and Hope

Throughout Asian ecumenical history, Christian women have found ways to organize themselves and create structures that give them the space to articulate their concerns and contribute their theological and leadership skills to the church and society. Asia's complex context has played a pivotal r...

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Main Author: Gnanadason, Aruna 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2017, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 516-526
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
KDJ Ecumenism
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Summary:Throughout Asian ecumenical history, Christian women have found ways to organize themselves and create structures that give them the space to articulate their concerns and contribute their theological and leadership skills to the church and society. Asia's complex context has played a pivotal role in framing the contributions of women to the ecumenical movement, while the ecumenical movement in Asia has played a key role in helping define feminism, feminist theory, and feminist theology for this continent, contributing to national-level initiatives in each Asian country as well as to regional and to World Christianity. At the same time, ecumenical women in each nation of Asia have linked with secular women's efforts and with women of other faiths to bring transformation in the lives of women, to challenge violence in all its manifestations, and to demand justice and dignity for all women and men.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12318