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Australian MOW history

The Australian Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) was founded in 1983 to advocate for the ordination of women as deacons, priests and bishops in the Anglican Church of Australia. Initially started in Sydney, the group soon expanded to become a national organisation with regional groups located around the country. [1]

The first ordination of women as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia occurred in 1992. The Anglican Diocese of Sydney continues to oppose the ordination of women as priests (or presbyters) and bishops, although it has ordained women as deacons since 1989. [2]

Australian MOW publications

The publications produced by the Australian Movement for the Ordination of Women record the history of the various debates and challenges faced by the movement, as well as reporting general news and activities of the MOW regional groups. [3]

The titles of MOW publications often changed over the years. This makes it difficult to distinguish between different publications and to create an accurate list of all issues produced. Most issues of the Movement for the Ordination of Women newsletter lacked a distinctive title and just included the name of the movement. Some issues have the subtitle: Newsletter and some issues for 1987-1988 were titled: Sydney newsletter. [3] [4]

The National magazine of the Movement for the Ordination of Women was also titled MOW national magazine and Magazine: the National magazine of the Movement for the Ordination of Women. [5] Balaam's Ass, which was produced by MOW (Sydney, NSW), was also incorporated into the national magazine in the December 1990 and May 1991 issues. [6]

Mannix Library, in East Melbourne has digitised twenty-four issues of the MOW (National) Newsletter (1984-1997) and made them available on the University of Divinity's Digital Collections website [7] and on JSTOR Open Community Collections. [8] The Movement for the Ordination of Women website also provides access to the first MOW national newsletter which it notes was published in April 1985. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Scarfe, Janet (2012). "Movement for the ordination of women: their hearts in their mouths". In Lindsay, Elaine (ed.). Preachers, Prophets and Heretics: Anglican Women's Ministry. A UNSW Press book. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN   978-1-74223-337-6.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 "Movement for the Ordination of Women | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  4. ↑ "Movement for the Ordination of Women / newsletter". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  5. ↑ "The National magazine of the Movement for the Ordination of Women". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Balaam's ass : Movement for the Ordination of Women (Sydney) newsletter". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  7. ↑ "University of Divinity Digital Collections". divinity.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  8. ↑ "Movement for the Ordination of Women (newsletter) on JSTOR Open Community Collections". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  9. ↑ "First MOW National Network Newsletter April 1985 | MOWATCH Movement for the Ordination of Women in the Anglican Church". mowatch.com.au. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
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