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As the Anglican Church tied itself in legal and theological knots
over the ordination of women in the 1980s and early 1990s, the
Australian public watched on in amazement. The spectacle spilled
out of church synods into ecclesiastical tribunals and civil
courts, and made media headlines. Twenty years have passed since
women were first ordained as priests in 1992. Since then women have
become much more visible in the church hierarchy - except in the
powerful Diocese of Sydney, the only metropolitan diocese that
doesn't allow women priests. More than 500 more women have been
ordained as priests - and they haven't stopped there, some have
also gone on to become bishops. This first book to document and
analyse the debate includes chapters from key players and
observers, including Peter Carnley, the Archbishop of Perth who
broke the impasse by ordaining women before national legislation
was passed; religion producer and broadcaster Rachel Kohn, and the
Very Reverend Dr Jane Shaw, an internationally recognised author
and commentator. In 2012 the Anglican Church in most places in
Australia looks and sounds very different from 1992, but are these
hard-won changes fundamental, or only cosmetic?
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