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= Jennifer =

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hey everyone

i am doing an assessment on women and i am talking about gender inclusive/exclusive language,

i was wandering if anglicanism has gender inclusive language??
 

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I dont think so eg the book of common prayer (??) hasnt been "updated" (printed in the 1600's?? i think) and the King James bible is "ye olde English" so I doubt that has inclusive language..
would be interesting to see what a female Anglican minister and a male Anglican minister think and what they do in their services...but good luck finding a female in the Sydney Anglican diocese!!!... maybe you could look at Arch Bishop Jensen and his "anti female" stance as a possibility for language?? ie give his office a ring?
Also, Im sure there was a synod (huge gathering of Anglicans) a couple of years ago where the issue of female ministers came up...maybe inclusive language was an issue as well?? + I think there is an Anglican "feminist" (using term in wrong context) group that advocates the rights of women within the Anglican church...again, this may be an issue they are working on??
I would start ringing around, even go to an Anglican service and see what happens??

Hope this helps.....
BTW the Anglican Church does have a web presence at anglican.org.au (from memory). I think its the Sydney diocese but it does/did have some good info+ an ask a question section where they usually get back to you ASAP (if history is any indication)
 

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