The Ordination of Women in the Orthodox Church

  • Year 2000
  • Type Book
  • Genre ecclesiology
  • Tradition Eastern Orthodox
  • Original language English

For For readers following the Orthodox debate on women's ordination; two Orthodox theologians arguing the question can be opened. Not a survey of all positions.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
2 of 5 worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5 moderate

Two Orthodox theologians on whether the ordination of women is an open question in Orthodoxy.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 3 of 5
  • Scriptural 2 of 5
  • Experiential 1 of 5
  • Sociological 4 of 5
  • Historical 3 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A short book of about 96 pages by Elisabeth Behr-Sigel and Kallistos Ware, published by WCC Publications, Geneva, in 2000, on whether the question of ordaining women can be raised within Orthodoxy.

Catalog IDW.X9R4DM.8

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