[Magdalen] PRS Advent 1

[Grace Cangialosi]

Then there's "Patrix," used by Nadia Boltz-Weber, a very avant-garde Lutheran pastor (and excellent preacher). Some folks used it disparagingly to refer to female Lutheran pastors (in the way some use "priestess" for us). She decided she rather liked it and took it on. It's the title of her first book.

On November 30, 2015, at 11:54 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:



Not a question of royal names, but I am reminded about  the
penchant for calling female thespians "actors," and eschewing
"actresses."
 
In my mind there has never been anything second-rate or demeaning
about the term, "actress."  It's a perfectly good term.  Why not  use it?
 
Then we get into such as "mediatrix" and "aviatrix."  I can see  some
might be bothered by these rather fussy terms.
 
 
 
 
David Strang.