Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church: Explorations in Theology and Practice - Hardcover

by Gabrielle Thomas (Editor), Elena Narinskaya (Editor)

Contributing Authors: Fr. John Behr Dr Spyridoula Athanasopoulou-Kypriou Dr. Dionysios Skliris Fr. Andrew Louth Dr Mary Cunningham Met Kallistos Ware Rev Dr Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Dr Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald Dr Carrie Frederick Frost Dr Paul Ladouceur Luis Josue Sales This book--a collaborative, international initiative, involving academic theologians and practitioners--invites the reader into a conversation about the ordination of women in the Orthodox Church. It explores questions relating to the significance of being human, Eve's curse, sexed bodies, the place of Mary, the nature of priesthood, the role of the deacon, and the task of being a priest in the twenty-first century. The reflections move across three main areas of discussion: issues of theological anthropology, particular questions pertaining to the priesthood and the diaconate, and contemporary practices. In each area the implications for ordaining women in the Orthodox Church today are explored.

Author Biography

Gabrielle Thomas is Lecturer in Early Christianity and Anglican Studies at Yale University. She is the author of The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus (2019).



Elena Narinskaya is Research Fellow in Abrahamic Religions at Oxford University. She is the author of The Poetic Hymns of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (2013).