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Accepted Paper:
Fear of Chaos: Arguments against the Ordination of Women in the Age of Technologies
Girts Rozners
(University of Latvia)
Paper short abstract:
Under the influence of the age of information technology, the arguments against ordination from being strictly biblical become more grounded in an appropriate philosophical theory.
Paper long abstract:
Since 2016, the ordination of women as pastors has not been possible in the Lutheran Church of Latvia. Historically, arguments in favor of such a synod decision were made using biblical quotations. However, more and more often in the expressions of church officials, another conviction can be heard. That is, ordination will cause the breakdown of order in the church, which is the antidote to degradation and chaos in society. In this neoconservative position, references to Jordan Peterson's theory about the need for a balance between the order of the masculine hierarchy and the feminine chaos can be heard. Thus, under the influence of the age of information technology, the arguments against ordination from being strictly biblical become more grounded in an appropriate philosophical theory.