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\u201cThere is a whole historical world of women who have risen as leaders in religious communities because they were called to do it, not because someone said they could,\u201d according to the first woman president of Union Theological Seminary. Watch additional excerpts of correspondent Kim Lawton\u2019s interview with Serene Jones on women in theology and ministry.<\/p>\n

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