RT Article
T1 On not playing Jesus: The gendered liturgical theology of presiding
JF Pacifica
VO 30
IS 2
SP 128
OP 145
A1 Cones, Bryan
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663506655
AB The male gender of the presider at Eucharist has long been a source of theological reflection both about the Eucharist and the presider's role within it, and about ordination, particularly in relation to the exclusion of women from ordained office across Christian churches. The relatively recent admission of women and gender minorities to orders in some churches troubles the received liturgical and theological traditions in this regard. Drawing on the legacy of the 20th-century North Atlantic liturgical movement and its recovery of the assembly as the 'primary symbol' of the liturgy, this article explores the possible liturgical and theological 'adjustments' proposed by a change in the presumed gender of the presider in relation to the 'primary symbol' of the assembly, and suggests changes in presidential practice that cast into greater relief the liturgical theological significance of gender diversity in the assembly.
K1 Eucharist
K1 Assembly
K1 Feminist
K1 Gender
K1 in persona Christi
K1 Liturgy
K1 presiding
K1 Transgender
DO 10.1177/1030570X17736325