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This is a list of Catholic philosophers and theologians whose Catholicism is important to their works. Their names are ordered chronologically from earliest to latest ...
Women are slowly being recognized as theological scholars. George Gallup Jr. wrote in 2002 that studies show women have more religiosity than men. Gallup goes on to say that women hold on to their faith more heartily, work harder for the church, and in general practice with more consistency than men. [1]
María Pilar Aquino (born March 6, 1956) is a Catholic feminist theologian. She is currently Professor Emerita, Theology and Religious Studies, at the University of San Diego.
Her books deal with monasticism, justice and equality especially for women in church and society, interfaith topics, peace and others. She has won 16 Catholic Press Association awards for her books and numerous other awards for her work, including 12 honorary degrees from US universities. [14] [15]
The Church Women Want: Catholic Women in Dialogue (2002) Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints (2003) Quest for the living God: mapping frontiers in the theology of God (2007) Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love (2014) Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril (2018)
Mary Healy is a Catholic theologian and an international speaker. She teaches sacred scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. Her main interests include faith healing, evangelization, and Catholic spirituality. [1] Healy was one of the first women appointed by Pope Francis in 2014 to the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
Grail members saluting the Bishop of Haarlem. The Grail was started in 1921 as the Women of Nazareth by Fr. Jacques van Ginneken, a Dutch Jesuit.He felt that many new possibilities were opening up for women and that a group of lay women, unconfined by convent walls and rules, could make an immense contribution to the transformation of the world.
Many Catholic women, both lay and in religious orders, have become influential mystics or theologians – with four women now recognised as Doctors of the Church: the Carmelites have produced two such women, the Spanish mystic Saint Teresa of Avila and French author Saint Therese of Lisieux; while Catherine of Siena was an Italian Dominican and ...