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8 Dec 2012

Sorrow at the death of peacemaking Greek Orthodox Patriarch

Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East passed away on 5 December 2012 in Lebanon.
20 Feb 2011

Women still face church ‘patriarchy’, global meeting told

The World Council of Churches needs a “gender policy” to ensure full participation by women, a meeting of its main governing body has been told.
22 Mar 2008

Bible should liberate not enslave women, say theologians

The Bible needs to be re-read from the viewpoint of women so as to shatter "institutionalised patriarchy", which is reinforced by "conservative" biblical interpretation, says a leader of a prominent group of women theologians.
22 Oct 2007

Women - equal but different?

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has set out his view of women as 'equal but different'. Savi Hensman traces the patriarchal assumptions behind this position, and questions its claims to biblical authority.