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This was suggested in an online article, indicating that The provocation for raising the question of the ordination of women has been largely a social one. When women participating in the antislavery movement in the nineteen century discovered that while their leadership and oratory were often eagerly sought out, they were not allowed to use a pulpit or church platform as a place from which to speak, their consciousness as well as their level of indignation were raised. As feminism gained momentum at the end of the nineteen and the beginning of the twentieth century, some religious groups saw the incongruity and permitted women o head churches as ordained ministers.
Aside from this issue, there has been other response though why the role of women in religious community is sought to be improved, such as by ordaining them as religious leaders having the same level as the priests. One of which is the ability of women to lead, to gather people to hear good news and gospels,...
The role of women in religion, though it has been defined and transformed by history, can be considered to be still significant because no matter what issue comes about women's religious roles, the fact that the women played many important roles in leading the society to goodness is one proof that religious communities may not succeed as how they do without the hard work and dedication of women to religion.
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Furseth, Inger. Sociology of Religion. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SOR/is_1_62/ai_73692411
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Women in the Ancient Christianity. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/women.html
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