A senior Anglican theologian, Dr Jenny Te Paa Daniel, has spoken out about what she terms ”theologically indefensible” male leadership dominance in the international Anglican Church.
Dr Te Paa Daniel, who is the former Ahorangi (principal) of the St John’s Theological College in Auckland, was commenting recently in a public lecture at the University of Otago.
In her talk, titled, in part, ”Peacemaking or Mischief Making Discourses in the Public Square?”, she recalled attending the global Lambeth Conference in England in 2008.
This world gathering of the Anglican Church’s most senior leadership is held every 10 years.
It was at this conference she had decided ”too many years/centuries” of ”completely tradition-bound, theologically indefensible male church leadership dominance really was enough”.
Her premise was ”quite simple”. Continue reading
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