Women-Church: Theology and Practice of Feminist Liturgical Communities Rosemary Radford Ruether (Harper and Row ,1985).

Characteristics of Women's Church according to Ruether's ideal:

1. Repudiation of ordained ministry - to minister to not lord over
dismantling of clericalism - clericalism built upon patriarchy
"It is unlikely that women will be able to function in more than token ways in the ordained minsitry " problem of senior minsiter lateral movement.

2. Women of the Church Coalition Chicago Nov. 1983 "Women Church speaks"
95 % Roman Catholic but 5 % protestannt petitioned to have the Woman-chruhc movenent ecumenical.

3. creation based spirituality - the grace of redemptive life is not beyond nature, but grace or divine gift is the ground of being or nature. Creation is itself the original grace or blessing