We Come from the Same Body: Reflecting on the Feasibility of Women's Participation in Liturgical Services from the Perspective of Susan A. Ross’s Feminist Theology, and Reflecting on the Practice of Relevant Theories in the Diocese of Hong Kong

Authors

Wong Kwan Yau, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss the relationship between feminism and women’s liturgical service in the church from three aspects. In the first part, I will give a general description about the development of women’s social status, hoping to show that how women have always struggling to survive and strive for reasonable treatment in societies dominated by men. In the second part, I will turn to the work of Susan A. Ross, a Catholic feminist theologian, and show how from a feminist perspective, women can serve the church with men with their unique circumstances and advantages, and at the same time, not to make the others in the church feel uneasy or embarrassed. Finally, I will apply these theories in the third part to the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, a congregation that is relatively willing to accept women's participation in serving the church and altar, how to present the righteousness and ethical values, in which the faith commonly we own.

Recommended Citation

Yau, Wong Kwan. 2021. We Come from the Same Body: Reflecting on the Feasibility of Women's Participation in Liturgical Services from the Perspective of Susan A. Ross’s Feminist Theology, and Reflecting on the Practice of Relevant Theories in the Diocese of Hong Kong. Obsculta 14, (1) : 84-115. https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/obsculta/vol14/iss1/9.