Just a day after Oxford University college for priests in the United Kingdom issued an inclusive language policy asking the staff and students to use gender neutral terminology when referring to god, the college's principal in a statement denied such suggestions being made.
Wycliffe Hall which trains clergy for the Church of England, in its inclusive language policy recommends that 'the one who' should be used instead of 'He' in references to God and advocates choosing hymns in which references to 'son' can be changed to 'child'.
In a statement to Huffington Post the college's principal Revd Dr Michael Lloyd said, "There is no suggestion that traditional gender pronouns concerning God should be altered in any way."
"Indeed the Hall's policy reaffirms that we should continue to speak of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as Christians have always done," read the statement.
In December last year heatstreet.com reported University of Sussex to be the first university to adopt mandatory gender inclusive language. A month later divinity schools at Vanderbilt and Duke Universities issued same guidelines on using 'gender neutral language' while referring to God.
Following the suit, Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College announced a course titled 'Is God a White Supermacist?' focusing on representations of race in religious discourses and social practice.
