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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosemary Radford Ruether has received more than 165,650 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Rosemary Radford Ruether is the 1,243rd most popular philosopher, the 11,796th most popular biography from United States and the 88th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 19

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  • 2.72

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  • 3.22

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 1,243 out of 1,267. Before her are Stephen Walt, James Dunn, William Ames, David Benatar, Peter Kreeft, and Richard Crashaw. After her are Nel Noddings, Leonard Peikoff, Paul Churchland, Alex Callinicos, Colin McGinn, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 551. Before her are George Eastham, Adán Godoy, Peter Hill-Wood, Kalevi Oikarainen, Leamon King, and Sylvia Browne. After her are Jamuna, Rosa María Britton, Jackie Lewis, Fred Neil, George Voinovich, and Thelma Hopkins. Among people deceased in 2022, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 601. Before her are António Lima Pereira, John Landy, Marit Paulsen, Anne-Marie Garat, Faouzi Mansouri, and Andreas Kunz. After her are Rolando Serrano, Darya Dugina, Mike Hagerty, Costică Dafinoiu, Nel Noddings, and Balakh Sher Mazari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 11,796 out of 20,380. Before her are Sheila Kelley (1961), Richard Biggs (1960), Peter Ueberroth (1937), Joe Paterno (1926), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), and Charles Drake (1917). After her are Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), Goldust (1969), Satch Sanders (1938), Scott McCloud (1960), Roy Brown (1925), and Jennifer Syme (1972).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Rosemary Radford Ruether ranks 88. Before her are C. I. Lewis (1883), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Norman Malcolm (1911), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Stephen Walt (1955), and Peter Kreeft (1937). After her are Nel Noddings (1929), Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Stanley Fish (1938), William A. Dembski (1960), and Richard Carrier (1969).

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