A working group convened by the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) has completed a draft of God’s Justice: Just Relationships between Women and Men, Girls and Boys, a new teaching tool.
The working group met at St. Julian’s Centre in Limuru, Kenya, from March 11 to 15. The draft will be presented to the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-17) when it meets in Hong Kong from April 28 to May 5.
These are the members of the working group:
- Moumita Biswas, executive secretary, Women’s Concerns Ministry, National Council of Churches in India
- Carole Hughes of Auckland, New Zealand
- Kwok Pui-Lan, distinguished visiting professor of theology at Candler School of Theology, Atlanta
- The Rev. Canon Professor Dorothy Lee, Stewart Research Professor, Trinity College Theological School, Parkville, Australia
- The Very Rev. Gloria Mapangdol, dean and president, St. Andrew’s Theological Seminary, Manila, Philippines
- Esther Mombo, associate professor, faculty of theology, Limuru, Kenya
- Paula Nesbitt, visiting professor of sociology of religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif.
- Terrie Robinson, director for women in church and society, Anglican Communion Office, London
- Stephen Spencer, director for theological education in the Anglican Communion, Anglican Communion Office, London
- Paulo Ueti, Anglican Alliance theological adviser, Anglican Communion Office
- Gerald O. West, senior professor in religion, philosophy, and classics, School of Religion at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Adapted from ACNS
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Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
