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Critical Thinking Unit 2 Women Clergy
- 1. Encouraging Critical Thinking Online Unit 2 Gauging and Examining Popular Opinion Women Clergy
- 2. Women Clergy - Overview • Traditionally, women could not serve as ordained clergy • The Church of England now has women deacons and priests, and has voted to allow women bishops • The Catholic Church does not ordain women • Other denominations vary
- 3. Women Clergy • Find and browse websites that address this issue • Note the range of views you encounter, and the key site(s) for each view • Note how prevalent each view is
- 4. Women Clergy - Key Views • The ordination of women is contrary to Scripture and church tradition, so should not occur • Some roles within the church are suitable for women, but not all • Women should be permitted to take on any role within the church
- 5. Women Clergy - Key Sites • Religious Tolerance.org aims to give an overview of the arguments on both sides. However, the author’s sympathies are fairly clear.
- 6. Women Clergy - Key Sites • In favour of women’s ordination: – Catholic Women’s Ordination – Women Priests – A collection of articles from Christians for Biblical Equality
- 7. Women Clergy - Key Sites • Against women’s ordination: – Forward in Faith – Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth (especially this page (PDF)) – The Council on Biblical Manhood and Woma
- 8. Women Clergy - Key Sites • This discussion forum thread on the Sydney Anglican Network site reflects the ongoing debate in the Sydney Diocese
- 9. Women Clergy - Key Sites • The Church of England website offers a three hundred page document discussing the arguments for and against the ordination of women bishops in detail – Chapter 5 includes the key discussion – A brief reader’s guide is also offered
- 10. Women Clergy – Discussion Questions • Which views are most widespread? – How significant is this? • Are there any discernable patterns in who holds each view? – Among experts and lay people? – In the UK and elsewhere in the world? – Among religious and secular groups?
- 11. Women Clergy – Discussion Questions • How representative do you think the views you encountered are of wider society? – What might make people more or less likely to express their views publicly? – What might make them more or less likely to do so online?
- 12. Women Clergy - Examining the Sites • Look at some of the websites again, and consider: – How various views are expressed – What techniques sites use to promote their views – What you find persuasive – and why
- 13. Women Clergy – Discussion Questions • What techniques are used to promote each view? – Are arguments given? Do they work? – Is evidence presented? Is it convincing? – Are appeals to emotion or shock tactics used? Are these effective?
- 14. Women Clergy – Discussion Questions • Do any of the sites examined feature: – Evidence of bias or prejudice? – Ad hominem arguments? – Sweeping generalisations about opponents or opposing views? – Statements you know to be false? • How does this affect your reaction?
- 15. Women Clergy – Discussion Questions • What do you personally find persuasive? Why is this? • Was there anything you found off- putting, or that had the opposite effect from that intended by the author? • Did anything cause you to question views you’d held previously?
- 16. This slideshow is part of Encouraging Critical Thinking Online, a set of free teaching resources designed to develop students’ analytic abilities, using the Web as source material. For the full set, please visit Intute Training: http://www.intute.ac.uk/training/