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Nurturing a New Generation of Asian Women
Theologians
Trinity Theological
College, Singapore
3-6 September, 2012
A workshop on Nurturing a New Generation of Asian Women
Theologians brought together
nine Asian Women
Theologians from China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore to
discuss and reflect on the theme “The
Role of Women in the Asian Church: Perspectives from a new generation of Asian Women
Theologians”. This was held at the Trinity Theological College, Singapore
(TTC), from 3-6 September, 2012, and was organized by the Centre for the Study
of Christianity in Asia (CSCA), TTC. Two senior
pastors were invited as ‘senior mentors’ to share their perspectives on the
theme, namely Rev. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, General Secretary of CCA and Rev.
Cao, Shengjie a retired President of China Christian Council – who sent her
paper but unfortunately could not be present due to her health condition.
Rev.
Dr. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, as a senior mentor, called for pastors in
churches to accompany people in the congregations to read the Bible from the perspective
of the marginalized, to incorporate gender justice from a biblical viewpoint in
the educational materials used for local congregations; and to integrate Gender
justice in the curriculum of Theological education as a compulsory subject, in
order to promote the partnership of men and women in building the household of
God, so that all can live together in a peaceful and just world.
This workshop
aims to gather six to nine younger women theologians and seminary teachers in
Asia, to get them to know one another and to explore ways in which they
can encourage each another to reflect, teach, write and serve together in Asia on
a long term basis. Priority is given to those who have recently returned to
their posts from faculty development programs. Each participant, presents a
paper addressing the issues relevant to her own local context and challenges (whether
religious, social, or political) faced in her own particular field of
expertise. Some papers take the form of a case study. Papers from the workshop are
later edited and released as a CSCA publication.
posted by communications on Friday, September 07, 2012 |
