Global Anglican Discourse and Women’s Ordination in Kenya: The Controversy in Kirinyaga, 1979–1992, and its Legacy
In the 1980s, the question of women’s ordination in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) caused a controversy in Kirinyaga diocese, in which Archbishop David Gitari (1937-2013) played a critical role as an advocate for women. This controversy is just one example of how African Christian women have fac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-39 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDE Anglican Church RB Church office; congregation |
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African feminist theology
B Ordination of women B David Gitari B Anglican Church of Kenya |
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| Summary: | In the 1980s, the question of women’s ordination in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) caused a controversy in Kirinyaga diocese, in which Archbishop David Gitari (1937-2013) played a critical role as an advocate for women. This controversy is just one example of how African Christian women have faced multiple material and theological obstacles to ordination, both in the Anglican Church and in other churches. Through an analysis of institutional texts we show how the issue of women’s ordination has been addressed in formal Anglican decision-making processes. We also outline the patriarchal attitudes that characterized the wider discourse of women’s ordination in Kenya and in the Anglican Communion, and discuss how this discourse informed Gitari’s intervention. Opposition to women’s ordination is only one facet of sexism in the ACK, as was implicitly recognized by Gitari in his wider project of ‘holistic development’. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355320000467 |