I went to the Davinci Mass in Manchester Cathedral last night. The event was really well put together and the innovation that went into it should be praised. The Mass aimed to address some of the criticism that the Divinci Code makes regarding the role of women in the church, (i.e. that they are oppressed by the church) however, for me, it failed. It was a male dominated event with the lead being taken by a man, the talk given by a man and the communion led by a man A few women were involved but they were secondary roles, I think that the message given out about the church being an empowering place for women was not matched in the actions. Pity.
Missiologically, i think that the hermenutic of language is being challenged by the hermenutic of deed. Our actions are the most important thing in mission and evangelism and hence when our actions don't match our words there will be a level of suspicion...
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