The following documents and Web sites are useful for understanding the discussion regarding the ordination of women in the Lutheran Church of Australia:

1. Final report of the Commission on Theology and Inter-church Relations www.lca.org.au/lca/cticr.cfm.
2. From the Women’s Ministry Network, supporting the ordination of both men and women — United in Christ: together proclaiming the Word.
3. From Confessional Lutherans Australia, supporting male-only ordination — www.clai.org.au/wo.htm — note that some papers are in response to the Luther Seminary symposium.
4. The symposium held at Luther Seminary on the Ordination of Women, July 1998 published a number of papers. web.archive.org/web/20040216053001/www.luthersem.edu.au/publish/publish21.htm.

© December 2009
Journal of Lutheran Ethics (JLE)
Volume 9, Issue 12

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