Bishop Graham James had himself written to criticize the headline in the previous week’s CEN that Wycliffe had “failed” the inspection. This, Bishop James said, was “plainly wrong.” He continued,
On the contrary, the inspection team found Wycliffe Hall ‘fit for purpose’ displaying ‘a rich mosaic of evangelical traditions which come together in a community which shows respect for difference, and in which women are fully accepted and integrated’.
i [sic] for one would be very interested to know the process by which it was determined that women are fully accepted and integrated.Read more
which women were asked, if any? was this done in a way that the subtlety of power imbalance was avoided in order to get a true representation?
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This is an interesting exercise in hermenutics. Some people can read the report and conclude Wycliff "failed" whilst others can read it and accuse the inspectors of a cover-up.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone believe the "establishment" would be covering up "conservative" short comings? On track record wouldn't they pick up any stick they could to hit them with?
Sadly, it seems colleges run in to tough times, from time to time. In a sense if there is decent cut and thrust theological debate we should expect it. But it seems some want the bad smell at Wycliff to stick and don't want it to move on. It strikes me that the only thing that REALLY causes difficulty for women ordinands at certain colleges, isn't the colleges but the people outside you go on about it to ensure as few women as possible go there, so they can then point fingers.
Darren Moore
(Tranmere)