Women Clergy Working with Rituals

This article is drawn from research with women clergy and rabbis. As practitioners in leading congregations, the women have to work with their own liturgical traditions. However, they critique the traditions, and make them more inclusive where possible, by adapting words, or encouraging the wearing...

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Main Author: Blohm, Uta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2006
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-47
Further subjects:B Inclusive
B Ritual
B Women’s Ministry
B Liturgy
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Summary:This article is drawn from research with women clergy and rabbis. As practitioners in leading congregations, the women have to work with their own liturgical traditions. However, they critique the traditions, and make them more inclusive where possible, by adapting words, or encouraging the wearing of liturgical garments. The women also adapt existing rituals, or write new liturgy to honour life events, often specific to women’s lives, for which there are no existing rituals. This is seen as continuous with pastoral care and sometimes draws on shared experience as women. Many of these liturgies are carried out privately, while the women exercise a more traditional role in their congregations.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735006068848