Bernadette Brooten

Bernadette Joan Brooten (* 1951 ) is an American Roman Catholic theologian and professor at Brandeis University .

Life

Brooten studied at the University of Portland (BA) and Harvard University , where she earned her Ph.D. received his doctorate. Semesters abroad took her to the University of Tübingen and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem .

She published a groundbreaking study on Junia (Apostle) , which is now considered one of the milestones in biblical studies and a classic in theological women's studies. From 1982 to 1985 she worked in Tübingen on the research project Woman and Christianity at the Institute for Ecumenical Research , initiated by Hans Küng and funded by the Volkswagen Foundation . After a conflict with Küng about the subject of her sub-project, she left the project in 1985; her sub-project was continued by Anne Jensen .

She subsequently taught at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont (California) , Harvard Divinity School; In 1998 she was visiting professor with the Fulbright program at the University of Oslo . From 1997 to 2008 she was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School.

Since 1996 she has been the Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University.

Brooten is the founder and director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University. Her research relates primarily to the New Testament and post-Biblical Judaism.

Awards

• 1998 MacArthur Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Works

• Women Leaders in The Ancient Synagogue: Inscriptional Evidence and Background Issues. Scholars Press 1982 ISBN 978-0-89130-587-3 .
• Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. University of Chicago Press 1996 ISBN 978-0-226-07592-1 .
• with Norbert Greinacher (ed.): Women in the men's church Munich: Kaiser; Mainz: Grünewald 1982 ISBN 978-3-459-01424-8 .
• Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies , Palgrave-MacMillan, 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-10017-6 .

Web links

• Official website at Brandeis University (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ A theological debate for the ages , accessed July 29, 2014
2. ^ Website at Brandeis University, accessed July 29, 2014
3. ↑ A German short version is available under the title " Junia ... outstanding among the apostles (Rom. 16,7) " In: Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel (Ed.): Women liberation. Biblical and Theological Arguments. Munich 1982, pp. 148-151.
4. ↑ Pfarrblatt Bern (2008) ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ 'Junia. . . Outstanding among the Apostles' (Romans 16: 7)
6. ↑ See the documentation in Schlangenbrut , Issue 10 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1986 
7. ^ Feminist Sexual Ethics Project