THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether
November 2, 1936 – May 21, 2022
“Feminism is simply about the full equality of women and men, not about a separation from or hostility toward men. In fact, it’s about men also being liberated from sexism.”
Scholar and historian. Roman Catholic theologian. Known for significant contributions to feminist and ecofeminist theology. Civil rights activist, 1960s. Professor, Chair of religion dept., Howard University, 1965 to 1976. Associate, Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP), 1977. Board member, Catholics for Choice, an abortion rights advocacy group. Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1976-2000. Faculty member, joint doctoral program, Northwestern University. Authored more than 40 books and 600 articles, primarily on topics of feminism, eco-feminism, the Bible and Christianity. Received at least fourteen honorary doctorate degrees. BA in philosophy and religion from Scripps College, 1958. MA in ancient history, 1960 and PhD in classics and patristics, 1965, from Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California.
Rosemary Radford Ruether, 1990
More About Rosemary:
- In Memory of Her: Rosemary Radford Ruether – WATER – Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
- Mary E. Hunt honors Rosemary Radford Ruether
- In Memoriam: Rosemary Radford Ruether by Elizabeth Ann Bartlett
- The Newsjournal of Catholic Conscience, Rosemary Radford Ruether, A Commemorative Issue, June 2011
- Keynote: Rosemary Radford Ruether: The Church as Liberation Community from Patriarchy, Women’s Ordination Worldwide, July 2005
- An Interview with Rosemary Radford Ruether, Geez Magazine, 2014
- Rosemary Radford Ruether on her legacy in feminist theology, U.S. Catholic, April 2002
- A Legacy of Inclusion: Rosemary Radford Ruether, interviewed by Rosalind Hinton
- Select videos
- Religion and the Feminist Movement Conference, Panel III: Rosemary Radford Ruether, November 2002
- Gender and Theology: Rosemary Radford Ruether and Mary Daly, January 2019
- “Ecofeminism and Globalization,” Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether, June 2015
- Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr., The Rib Uncaged: Women and the Church, Episode 106, Recorded on June 24, 1968
- Papers
- Rosemary Radford Ruether – Wikipedia