Nancy Charton
Nancy Charton | |
|---|---|
| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Southern Africa |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1992 by David Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | November 11, 2015 (aged 94–95) Graaff Reinet |
Nancy Charton Ph.D (1920 – 2015) was the first female ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Charton was a lecturer and later associate professor in the Department of Politics at Rhodes University. She was also a deacon at St Bartholomew's Church, Grahamstown. In September 1992 she was ordained priest by David Russell in the Grahamstown Cathedral.
Works
[edit]- Meyer, Wilhelm Henry, ed. (2009). The Calling: The Story of a Pioneering Woman Priest. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN 978-1-875053-79-7.
- "English-speaking white elites in South African politics". Politikon. 2 (2): 115–128. 2007. doi:10.1080/02589347508704682. ISSN 0258-9346.
- "The Witness of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa". International Review of Mission. 83 (328): 153–157. 1994. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.1994.tb02355.x. ISSN 0020-8582.
- Brenda Nicholls; Nancy Charton; Mary Knowling (1998). The Diary of Robert John Mullins (1833-1913). Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Department of History.
- "Black elites in the Transkei". Politikon. 3 (2): 61–74. 1976. doi:10.1080/02589347608704706. ISSN 0258-9346.
- Ciskei: Economics and Politics of Dependence in a South African Homeland. Croom Helm. 1980. ISBN 978-0-7099-0332-1.
References
[edit]- ^ Meer 1998, p. 107.
- ^ O'Meara & Greaves 1995, p. 36.
- ^ Romero 1998, p. 83.
- ^ McCoy 1994.
- ^ Horowitz 1991, p. 75.
- Meer, Shamim (1998). Women Speak: Reflections on Our Struggles, 1982-1997. Oxfam. ISBN 978-0-85598-416-8.
- O'Meara, Emily; Greaves, D.G. (1995). Grahamstown reflected. Albany Museum. ISBN 978-0-9583206-5-8.
- Romero, Patricia (31 August 1998). Profiles in Diversity: Women in the New South Africa. MSU Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-948-2.
- McCoy, Michael J. (1994). "Equipping the People of God for Christian Witness: An Anglican Account". International Review of Mission. 83 (328): 45–55. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.1994.tb02338.x. ISSN 0020-8582.
- Horowitz, Donald L. (1991). A Democratic South Africa?: Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07885-7.
- Whisson, Michael (12 November 2015). "The passing of a pioneering priest". Grocott's Mail. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- A Sermon preached to celebrate twenty years of the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood by the Rev'd Prof. Nancy Charton Archived 17 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- St Bartholomew's Church, Market Street, Grahamstown
- Collected texts at Cory Library
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