ABSTRACT
I was an undergraduate philosophy and religion major at Graceland College when I rst heard the name Rosemary Radford Ruether. Sexism and God-talk was required reading in contemporary theology and was my introduction to both Christian systematic theology and feminism. In 1991 I graduated with an MTS from Garrett-Evangelical eological Seminary (G-ETS) and in 1997 I graduated from what was then the joint PhD program between Northwestern University and G-ETS. I distinctly remember Rosemary defending my course of study to a seminary colleague who wondered, during a team advising session with me, what would happen if I was asked to teach in an area my studies had neglected, namely the Reformation. She turned to him and said, “She’ll learn it then.” en she looked at me, over her glasses, as if to say, “You do plan on rising to every and all such occasions, don’t you?”
