Bez slávy i bez diskuse, aneb ordinace žen v českých církvích ****************************************************************************************** * Zdeněk R. Nešpor ****************************************************************************************** Without Glory and Discussion, or the Ordination of Women in Czech Churches Abstract Ordination of women as ministers is an important issue of gender equality and social strat liberally-oriented non-Catholic Czech churches introduced the ordination of females rather Czechoslovak Hussite Church in 1947, and the Protestant Church of the Czech Brethren in 19 cases, however, these were quite problematic steps, and female members of the clergy were in comparison to their male colleagues, which the author attributes to the way this fundam was introduced in the churches. In the case of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, this was a motivated directive coming from “above”, which was not preceded by any discussion or educa In the case of the Protestant Church, this was the assertion of a progressive theological protagonists of which had been striving for this change for more than twenty years, howeve adequate public discussion throughout the church. Both approaches thus caused negative con the long-term. When considering the problematic acceptance of feminist theology and taking that when it came to ordaining women, both churches were de facto surpassed by two other – less significant – religious groups in the Czech environment, one cannot be completely sur fact that the anniversary of female ordination is not often commemorated, nor celebrated – rather due to ignorance. Keywords: ordination of women; religion and women; religion and gender; social stratificat Church of the Czech Brethren; Czechoslovak Hussite Church Článek v PDF ke stažení [ URL "LM-1140-version1-lm_1_2020_nespor.pdf"] Zdeněk R. Nešpor [ URL "LM-269.html "]