Ursula King (academic)
Ursula King (born 22 September 1938) is a German
theologian and scholar of religion, who specialises in gender and religion, feminist theology, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
.
Academic career
King was
bye-fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; and visiting professor at the University of Oslo, Xavier University and the University of Louisville.[1][2][3]
Personal life
In 1958 Ursula Brenke passed her Abitur (A-levels) at the Irmgardis-Gymnasium Cologne and in 1963 she married Anthony Douglas King. Together they have four daughters.[1]
King is a
Roman Catholic. She signed the Catholic Scholars' Declaration on Authority in the Church, stating "Catholic women need to be able to hold positions within the church authority".[4]
Selected works
- King, Ursula, ed. (1994). Feminist theology from the Third World: a reader. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN 978-0883449639.
- King, Ursula (2003). Christian mystics: their lives and legacies throughout the ages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415326520.
- King, Ursula; ISBN 978-0826488459.
- King, Ursula (2009). Christ in all things: exploring spirituality with Teilhard de Chardin. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN 978-0334026839.
- King, Ursula (2011). Teilhard de Chardin and Eastern religions: spirituality and mysticism in an evolutionary world. Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0809147045.
References
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- ^ "Ursula King". Institute for Advanced Studies. University of Bristol. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Professor Ursula King". EASR. European Association for the Study of Religions. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Public Launch of Catholic Scholars' Declaration". www.churchauthority.org. Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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