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Feminist Theology in Christian Worship

In the case study under discussion, the principal issue revolves around the accommodation of feminist theology in Christian practice and worship or, at the very least, whether or not it is possible to incorporate feminine references to God and the Savior in the corporate worship experience. The study will examine this issue with particular regard for the language of scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.

The topic has broad significance for the modern church, which is increasingly coming under pressure for its long-standing history of alienating women from key roles as worship leaders, pastors and priests, and spokespersons. A balanced view of spirituality, the person of God (and the personalities of the Trinity), and the role and significance of women in the church may, as Miller-McLemore observes, "offer a common language or at least a starting point for dialogue across differences of sex, age, class, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and worldview" (1992, p. 231).

Contemporary male writers occasionally adopt conciliatory positions, but most are vehemently opposed to the very idea of incorporating feminine (or gender-neutral) nouns and pronouns as descriptors of the Godhead. Female writers generally seek the middle ground, or are the polar opposites of their male counterparts. As O'Connor (1989) demonstrates, two distinct patterns of questioning seem to prevail. The first cluster "focuses on women as subject matter," while the second "focuses on matters of approach" (the former deals with questions like, "How do women participate in a given religious tradition?" while the latter is interested "in what we know and how we know it") (p. 101). This paper will examine several recent articles and draw a conclusion in the light thereof.

According to scripture and traditional liturgies and worship, God is "Our Father," dwelling in heaven, whose Holy Spirit passed over the earth in the creative nights and days, and th...

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