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Article: Women-Church and diversity. (News)
- Article from:
- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 12, 1993
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Nearly 2,400 women assembled at Albuquerques downtown convention center for the third Women-Church conference, seeking a vision of unity amid a mosaic of cultural and religious expressions. 'While participants seemed to agree on the conference theme, "Women-Church: Weavers of Change,"it was clear that in this case the road to change is paved with debate, introspection and self-criticism.
Institutional religion of every denominational shade came in for strong disapproval from a number of theologians and religious leaders who spoke at the gathering. "Feminist theology is under attack by the Roman Catholic hierarchy, fundamentalist preachers and Protestant ...