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Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936–2022)

Author of Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology

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About the Author

American feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ruether graduated from Scripps College in 1958 and received her doctorate in classics and patristics from Claremont Graduate School in 1956. In 1976 she became Georgia Harkness Professor of Theology at show more Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, a position she continues to hold. An activist in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Ruether turned her energies to the emerging women's movement. During the 1970s and successive decades, feminist concerns impelled her to rethink historical theology, analyzing the patriarchal biases in both Christianity and Judaism that elevated male gender at the expense of women. Her rigorous scholarship has challenged many of the assumptions of traditionally male-dominated Christian theology. Recognized as one of the most prolific and readable Catholic writers, Ruether's work represents a significant contribution to contemporary theology, and her views have influenced a generation of scholars and theologians. Her imprint on feminist theology has been reinforced by her lectureships at a number of universities in the United States and abroad. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Rosemary Radford Ruether

Faith and Fratricide (1974) 102 copies
God and the Nations (1995) 20 copies
The Church Against Itself (1967) — Author — 13 copies

Associated Works

Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion (1979) — Contributor — 536 copies
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contributor — 370 copies
Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality (1989) — Contributor — 354 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology (2002) — Contributor — 98 copies
The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology (2007) — Contributor — 68 copies
Christian Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender (1996) — Contributor — 35 copies
New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views (2010) — Contributor — 23 copies
The Image of God (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies
Theologians in Their Own Words (2013) — Contributor — 13 copies
American Religious Values and the Future of America (1978) — Contributor — 8 copies

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This book is about to struggle that non Quaker women had to establish themselves as preachers and religious leaders.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | Jan 25, 2024 |
Women in contemporary churches are suffering from linguistic deprivation and eucharistic famine. No longer nurture their souls and alienating words that ignore systematically deny their existence.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | Jan 12, 2024 |
The authors discuss religious women as charismatic leaders, holy women, dissenters, martyrs, renewers and reformers, as well as theological images of the feminine. The studies are historical and descriptive both from the early churches to the present day.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | Jan 4, 2024 |
The author demonstrates a surprising relationship between Christianity and social change,
 
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PendleHillLibrary | Nov 28, 2023 |

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