women and religion

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• UK: Female Rabbis 35 Years

  
  Women of History — Authority: 142
  From the Guardian : A woman applied to the Leo Baeck (Rabbinic) College. The admissions committee decided that although the theological arguments were still raging, there could be no objection to her acquiring Jewish learning and let her in. Five years later they realised that as she had finished the course ...
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• Links We Like: Chapels and Temples — Glimpses inside each, and how they differ

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 128
  Have you ever wondered what goes on inside of the meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? See this LDS Newsroom story that explains more about our buildings and what kinds of meetings we hold in them. As the article explains, our meetinghouses are both places of worship and centers of ...
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• First Person: Just What I Needed

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 128
  ~by Heidi It had been a bad day. I was dealing with disappointment over a hoped-for opportunity that had been withdrawn, and pain over a teacher’s unfair and damaging treatment of my young son. As I sat at my computer where so much of my life seems to happen these days, I was feeling lonely and discouraged. Just ...
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• First Person: Halloween Help

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 128
  ~by Michelle Nearly fifteen years ago, I was a single, working professional living far from my family. My ward [congregation] became my family. At one point, I had a calling as the ward Activities Chair. It was one of the more daunting callings I have had, particularly because I have never fancied myself much of a ...
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• Women & the Reformation

  
  Women of History — Authority: 142
  Article by Michael Streich @ Suite 101 : The Protestant Reformation has been both criticized and lauded for altering the medieval status of women. Protestant reformers placed significant emphasis on marriage and the role females played as wives and mothers. Taking their cue from New Testament passages relevant ...
  2 weeks ago

• Portraits of Mormon Women: Micke

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 128
  “Something’s gotta give,” Micke thought after she failed several of her college courses last semester. Between church, homeschooling, her own college courses, and caring for her four kids alone while her husband was away with the Navy, something really did have to give. And something did give. Her desire for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Opinion Divided Over Female Bishops

  
  Women of History — Authority: 142
  From Christian Today : A conservative group in the Church of England has welcomed the promise of male bishops to minister to those who cannot accept women bishops, while those who support women bishops warn they may become “second class” within the Church. The Chairman of Reform, the Rev Rod Thomas, told ...
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• Female Halachic Advisors

  
  Women of History — Authority: 142
  From the Jerusalem Post : The delicate balance between tradition and modernity is shifting in Orthodox circles, as women continue to maintain classic roles of motherhood and deference to rabbinic hegemony, while at the same time achieving recognition for their intellectual abilities in religious fields that were ...
  4 weeks ago

• Female Bishops Attend Synod

  
  Women of History — Authority: 142
  From Zenit.org : Two women who have been invited to participate in the Synod of Bishops for Africa are expressing enthusiasm at being able to add their feminine genius into the mix. Spaniard Myriam García Abrisqueta, president of "Manos Unidas" (United Hands), is one of these women who was asked to join the ...
  4 weeks ago

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