What does it mean to preside like a woman at the Eucharist? Do women do it differently, or should they? How do lay women and men experience women's priestly ministry? This is an accessible, broadly popular book, pushing the boundaries in new and unusual ways, and making a serious contribution to feminist and liturgical debate.

Nicola Slee

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Title page

Copyright

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Introduction

1. Presiding like a woman

2. ‘Four in a vestment’? Feminist gestures for Christian assembly

3. My fervent, feminist heart

4. Colouring outside the lines

5. An inclusive communion order for a denominational worship book

6. Thoughts from the exiled edges

7. Power, pain or paralysis: Victorian women negotiating their presiding in public work

8. A history of the presidency of women: snapshots from the movement for women’s ordination in America, Britain and Australia

9. Unequivocal affirmation of the saving significance of ‘difference’

10. Worshipping as a woman

11. Why is that priest singing in a woman’s voice?

12. Being and becoming: how the woman presider enriches our sacred symbols

13. In this moment of utter vulnerability: tracing gender in presiding

14. ‘And ain’t I a woman’: the phronetic dramaturgy of feeding the family

15. Presiding from the broken middle

16.Receiving like a woman

17. Birthright or misconception?

18. Presiding in the classroom: a holy work

19. In persona Christae: towards a feminist political Christ–( )–logy of presiding; or, how presiding with children trains us to challenge ‘the powers that be’

20. At the table of Christa

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A comprehensive study of the ways in which women celebrate their unique qualities within the priesthood. This was a diverse collection of stories &amp; liturgy as well as history of the role of women in ministry. It does not shy away from the difficulties or the pain that has been experienced by some and yet still remains a positive and thought provoking book.

Presiding Like a Woman

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