A story of lost opportunity: the apology to deaconesses disjoined by the United Church of Canada

Caryn Douglas

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A story of lost opportunity: the apology to deaconesses disjoined by the United Church of Canada

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Caryn Douglas. A Story of Lost Opportunity: the Apology to Deaconesses Disjoined by the United Church of Canada. St Stephen's College (Edmonton, AB). rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1aabac7f-2f03-49cb-b75d-8362bf0c09b7.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

C. Douglas. A story of lost opportunity: the apology to deaconesses disjoined by the United Church of Canada. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1aabac7f-2f03-49cb-b75d-8362bf0c09b7

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Caryn Douglas. A Story of Lost Opportunity: the Apology to Deaconesses Disjoined by the United Church of Canada. St Stephen's College (Edmonton, AB). https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/1aabac7f-2f03-49cb-b75d-8362bf0c09b7.

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Caryn Douglas

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Abstract

This project tells the story of the removal of United Church of Canada deaconesses from ministry when they married and examines the apology given to these women by the United Church in 2006. The study explores the development of the biblical and theological history limiting women's vocational choices. It traces the enactment, well into the 1960s, of 'disjoining' in the deaconess order. Remembrances of affected women enflesh the archival records. A theological framework is applied to assess the quality of the apology. The disjoining and the apology are both stories of lost opportunity. The women lost vocational expression and suffered economic and social loss. The church made no connections with continuing patterns of gender-based discrimination.

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