On not playing Jesus: The gendered liturgical theology of presiding
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 adm...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1030570x17736325 2023-05-15T17:32:30+02:00 On not playing Jesus: The gendered liturgical theology of presiding Cones, Bryan 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1030570x17736325 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1030570X17736325 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1030570X17736325 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies volume 30, issue 2, page 128-145 ISSN 1030-570X 1839-2598 Applied Mathematics journal-article 2017 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1030570x17736325 2022-04-14T04:38:43Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies 30 2 128 145 |
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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. |
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