The Politics of Power & the Ordination of WomenXulon Press, 2007 - 436 pagini This book deals with the politics of power in the church which is hindering the ordination of women today. Once ecclesiastical power is involved, ruling is also involved. Consequently, the altar has also become the throne. This tempts men to suppress women. Hence, efforts are made to dogmatize them into submission. This is not right because Jesus refrained from using cultic-oriented or gender-specific paradigms that would have excluded women from ritual leadership. He chose the all-gender model of the shepherd, while rejecting the gender-restricted priesthood. Thus, he opened up church ministry to all genders because he is the "God of equal opportunity." He has no gender preferences. So the age of male-monopoly is gone. The era of unchallenged dogmas is over. Women are also created in the image of God. So it is unfair to reserve ordination for men, but subordination for women. Therefore, get Martha out of the kitchen. The author, Adolphus Chinedu Amadi-Azuogu, is a biblical scholar and professor of New Testament. He holds a doctorate degree in biblical studies from the University of Bonn, Germany and a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. He has taught New Testament courses at the Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, USA and at the Southern California School of Ministry, Los Angeles, where he was the director of the Doctor of Ministry. He was the Head of the Department of New Testament Studies at the prestigious Spiritan International School of Theology, Enugu, Nigeria and also taught at the Claretian Institute of Philosophy, Owerri, Nigeria. He has written many articles. His books include: Paul and the Law; Biblical Exegesis and Inculturation and Women and Gender Equality (ISBN: 978-1-59824-467-0), 2007. The author is blessed with two boys (Ebere and Ikechi), one girl (Chioma) and a God-given wife, Edith (Ugomma). |
Cuprins
Dedication | xiii |
Acknowledgements | xix |
Chapter 1 | 31 |
Chapter 2 | 59 |
B Exegetical Details | 77 |
Chapter 3 | 93 |
Chapter 4 | 119 |
B Exegetical Analysis of 1Cor 1433b35 | 131 |
5 Shattered Hopes | 223 |
6 Ordination and Gender | 225 |
7 Desegregate this Church | 227 |
8 Ordination and the Nuns of Catholicism | 230 |
9 Getting Martha out of the Kitchen | 234 |
10 The Vatican Authorities and the Ordination of Women | 236 |
i Inter Insigniores Oct 15 1976 | 237 |
b The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II | 245 |
Chapter 5 | 147 |
Chapter 6 | 187 |
Luke 102537 | 190 |
3 Narrative Structure | 192 |
b The Exegesis of Luke 103037 | 194 |
5 The Robbers | 196 |
6 The Priesthood on Trial | 198 |
7 The Loving Samaritan | 202 |
8 The Samaritans in Josephus and the Old Testament | 203 |
9 Tension between Jews and Samaritans | 205 |
10 The Samaritans in the New Testament | 207 |
11 Jesus and the Concept of Purity | 209 |
12 Final Thoughts | 211 |
Chapter 7 | 217 |
1 Preliminary Remarks | 218 |
2 Roman Catholicism | 219 |
3 Ordination and Power | 220 |
4 The No Male No Ordination Doctrine | 221 |
ii Ordinatio Sacerdotalis May 22 1994 | 249 |
iii Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and the Responsum ad Dubium Oct 28 1995 | 255 |
11 Concluding Thoughts | 260 |
Chapter 8 | 263 |
1 Lexical Information | 267 |
2 Shepherds in the Old Testament | 268 |
3 Women Shepherds | 269 |
4 The Priest and the Purity Laws | 270 |
5 The Shepherd and the Purity Laws | 273 |
Chapter 9 | 309 |
Chapter 10 | 327 |
Summary and Conclusion | 337 |
Epilogue | 349 |
Endnotes | 369 |
General Bibliography | 403 |
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