The text of the address given by the Revd Lucy Winkett  at the LONDON WATCH Meeting, St James’s Piccadilly, on  17 April 2013: “I gave a talk recently in Winchester about women and Christianity. It was for a general audience and so I’d used as the title of the talk not a Bible verse or a line from a saint.  It wasn’t even themed on Mary Magdalene or a feminist theologian. My text came from the Hollywood star  Mae West, who memorably said “I used to be Snow White, but Read more …

    Guildford Cathedral announced today that the Queen has approved the nomination of the Revd Canon Dianna Gwilliams to be appointed as the new Dean of Guildford. Dianna is currently vicar of St Barnabas, Dulwich, acting Archdeacon of Southwark and foundation chaplain of Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift, Dulwich. With her appointment Dianna will become one of the most senior female priests in the Church of England, joining four other women who have already been appointed to the post. The Bishop of Guildford the Rt Revd Christopher Hill said: Read more …

Did you know that, in current gender studies, gender is something we ‘perform’? That is one hypothesis from recent theory, which has moved well beyond the nature/nurture debate into post-modern realms of choice, continuum, and inclusiveness. Elaine Graham, Grosvenor Professor of Practical Theology at Chester University led us from our current variety of understandings about gender and why it matters into thinking about where the academic world is now, where society is now (which of course varies globally – in the West men don’t wear skirts, in Tonga and Samoa, Read more …