Catharina Halkes

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Tine Halkes (1985)

Catharina ( Tine ) Joanna Maria Halkes (also: Tine Govaart-Halkes ; * July 2, 1920 in Vlaardingen ; † April 21, 2011 in Nijmegen ) was a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian .

Halkes studied Dutch at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden and worked as a Dutch teacher in Breda . Later she studied theology with a focus on pastoral theology at the Catholic Theological University of Utrecht and at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen .

Halkes became known in the 1980s as a member of the Eighth May Movement , a critical movement within the Dutch Catholic Church .

Halkes was also known as a representative of feminist theology and as a prominent member of the Catholic women's movement. From 1983 to 1986 Halkes was the first to hold a chair for feminism and Christianity in the Netherlands at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen , where she had worked as a scientist since 1967. In 1982 she was made an honorary doctorate from Yale University . She is considered to be one of the major co-founders of feminist theology. Her book God Has Not Only Strong Sons was published in 1988 in the GDR, published by the Evangelical Publishing House in Berlin .

Works

  • God not only has strong sons. Basics of a Feminist Theology , 1980, ISBN 3-579-00371-2
  • Zoekend naar wat was lost. Grandchildren aanzetten voor een feminist theology , 1984; German translation: Looking for what was lost. Contributions to Feminist Theology , 1985, ISBN 3-579-00487-5
  • ... everything has been done. Thought over de heelwording van de schepping in het Spanningsveld tussen natuur en cultuur , 1989 ( ISBN 90-259-4393-4 ); German translation: Renew the face of the earth. Human, Culture, Creation , 1990, ISBN 3-579-00499-9
  • (with Edward Schillebeeckx ): Maria. Gisteren, vandaag, Morgen, 1992 ( ISBN 90-244-1536-5 ); English translation: Mary. Yesterday, today, tomorrow , 1993, ISBN 0-334-02540-0
  • Breaking up and moving on: on the long road to Christian women's liberation , 1994, ISBN 3-88095-073-3

literature

  • Johanna Jäger-Sommer (ed.): Farewell to the God of Men (Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Catharina Halkes), Edition Exodus, Lucerne 1995, ISBN 3-905575-95-7
  • Elżbieta Adamiak : The image of Mary in the feminist theology of Catharina Halkes , (dissertation Catholic University of Lublin 1994)

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personal data
SURNAME Halkes, Catharina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halkes, Tine; Govaart-Halkes, Tine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlaardingen
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2011
Place of death Nijmegen