Celebrating Female Clergy
by Joshua M. Z. Stanton
A college chaplain once candidly described the process for him, as a Protestant, as one of simultaneous celebration and mourning when he recognized that Protestantism was no longer a universal norm on American university campuses. He celebrated the presence of Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, and humanist chaplains working together so effectively – but also lamented the loss of singularity that he experienced, now as but one of many chaplains.
Something similar may be said of the way a portion of male religious leaders have experienced the rise of female clergy in a number of religious traditions and denominations. From reverends to rabbis, Buddhist nuns, and the growing push for female imams in America, China, and Europe, women are emerging as transformational religious leaders.
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The Middle East Feminist Revolution
by Naomi Wolf
Among the most prevalent Western stereotypes about Muslim countries are those concerning Muslim women: doe-eyed, veiled, and submissive, exotically silent, gauzy inhabitants of imagined harems, closeted behind rigid gender roles. So where were these women in Tunisia and Egypt?
In both countries, women protesters were nothing like the Western stereotype: they were front and centre, in news clips and on Facebook forums, and even in the leadership.
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United Methodist Clergywomen Confer and Encourage
by Kristin Holmes
The United Methodist Church has ordained women since 1956, but Bishop Peggy Johnson still gets the occasional admonition when she prepares to appoint a minister to a new church: “Don’t you send us a woman.”
The request is a stinging reminder that although female clergy are finally pushing against the stained-glass ceiling, resistance still lingers, said Johnson, leader of the denomination’s Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.
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A Century of Giving Back
 Queen Rania of Jordan looks back—and forward—on the changing roles and status of women to mark International Women's Day in the Huffington Post.
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