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Rosemary Radford Ruether

1936 - 2022

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Rosemary Radford Ruether (; 2 November 1936 – 21 May 2022) was an American Catholic feminist theologian known for her significant contributions to the fields of feminist theology and ecofeminist theology. Her teaching and her writings helped establish these areas of theology as distinct fields of study; she is recognized as one of the first scholars to bring women's perspectives on Christian theology into mainstream academic discourse. Ruether was active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and her own work was influenced by liberation and black theology. She taught at Howard University for ten years, and later at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Rosemary Radford Ruether is the 1,249th most popular philosopher (down from 1,243rd in 2024), the 12,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,800th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among philosophers, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 1,249 out of 1,267. Before her are Ruth Barcan Marcus, Will Kymlicka, Richard Crashaw, Nancy Cartwright, Norman Malcolm, and Nel Noddings. After her are Leonard Peikoff, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michel Weber, Colin McGinn, Stanley Hauerwas, and Alex Callinicos.

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Among people born in 1936, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 556. Before her are Tommy Steele, Billy Higgins, Reginald Hill, Dave Allen, Sergio Navarro, and Jackie Lewis. After her are James Bridges, Sylvia Browne, Alan Hodgkinson, Benito Sarti, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and Carole Quinton. Among people deceased in 2022, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 625. Before her are Don Young, Albert Pobor, Josephine Tewson, Bill Lienhard, Nel Noddings, and Ludwik Dorn. After her are Marietta Giannakou, Oleg Mityaev, Vin Scully, Charlbi Dean, Ilan Gilon, and Mike Hagerty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 12,439 out of 20,380. Before her are Marisol Nichols (1973), Deb Fischer (1951), Jennette McCurdy (1992), Frank Church (1924), Scott McCloud (1960), and Alma Bennett (1904). After her are Caroline Williams (1957), Bobby Jackson (1973), Terry Zwigoff (1949), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Janet Lynn (1953), and Bill Hougland (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 90. Before her are Peter Kreeft (1937), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Nancy Cartwright (1944), Norman Malcolm (1911), and Nel Noddings (1929). After her are Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Stanley Fish (1938), Graham Harman (1968), William A. Dembski (1960), Richard Carrier (1969), and David Bentley Hart (1965).

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