Feminist Public Theology in the Uniting Church in Australia

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" Feminist Public Theology in the Uniting Church in Australia "
Julia Pitman

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069506
Doc. No	:	LA113135
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973211X562741‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Julia Pitman
Title & Author	:	Feminist Public Theology in the Uniting Church in Australia [Article]\ Julia Pitman
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/2
Page No	:	143–164
Abstract	:	This article considers the expression of Protestant feminist public theology by the first women to gain access to leading positions in the Uniting Church in Australia, which was inaugurated in 1977. Roman Catholic and Protestant feminist theologians have started to provide theories of feminist public theology. The case studies of Lilian Wells, first Moderator of the Synod of New South Wales, and Jill Tabart, first woman President of the Assembly of the Uniting Church, provide evidence for the revision of these theories. The article argues that both the desire for and the expression by women of feminist public theology has a history that is longer than might be assumed. It also argues that such history confirms but also challenges aspects of received theories of feminist public theology, and that the two cases outlined below provide insight into the constraints inherent in the expression of feminist public theology in Protestant denominations such as the Uniting Church in Australia. This article considers the expression of Protestant feminist public theology by the first women to gain access to leading positions in the Uniting Church in Australia, which was inaugurated in 1977. Roman Catholic and Protestant feminist theologians have started to provide theories of feminist public theology. The case studies of Lilian Wells, first Moderator of the Synod of New South Wales, and Jill Tabart, first woman President of the Assembly of the Uniting Church, provide evidence for the revision of these theories. The article argues that both the desire for and the expression by women of feminist public theology has a history that is longer than might be assumed. It also argues that such history confirms but also challenges aspects of received theories of feminist public theology, and that the two cases outlined below provide insight into the constraints inherent in the expression of feminist public theology in Protestant denominations such as the Uniting Church in Australia.
Descriptor	:	feminist public theology
Descriptor	:	head of church
Descriptor	:	history
Descriptor	:	Protestantism
Descriptor	:	Uniting Church in Australia
Descriptor	:	women’s ordination
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973211X562741‬