The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth;

Author:Molly Farneth;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2022-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

4. O’Dell, Philadelphia Eleven, 75.

5. Book of Common Prayer.

6. “Eleven Women Ordained Episcopal Priests,” Diocesan Press Service, July 31, 1974. Also see Andrew Wallace, “11 Women Are Ordained,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 1974, 1-A. In a profile published a few days after the ordination, one of the ordinands, Suzanne Hiatt, attributed the resistance to women’s ordination to the association of women with magic and witchcraft: “According to Ms. Hiatt, what differentiates a priest from a deacon is the performance of the magical duties of the church, the consecration of the sacrament and the giving of blessing and absolutions. ‘This may sound ridiculous in today’s enlightened society,’ she says with a smile, ‘but on the visceral level many people still fear that when you mix women and magic you get witchcraft.’ ” Hiatt’s comment fascinates me, not least because of the care with which early anthropologists of religion sought to distinguish between ritual and magic, tacitly legitimating the former and disparaging the latter. To further connect this distinction to gender, and to see legitimate “ritual” as the realm of male ritual experts, adds another layer of complexity to the problems that have attended efforts to conceptualize “ritual” as a category distinct from magic. See Julia Cass, “Philadelphia’s Woman Priest Talks about Her Defiance,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1974, 1-D.

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