Kathy Rudy
Template:Short description M. Kathy Rudy (born 1956) is an American women's studies scholar, and theologian.[1]
Biography
Rudy is a retired professor at Duke University. Her work is often interdisciplinary as she merges philosophy, theology, politics, feminism, and medical ethics. She is open about her homosexuality[2] and is a radical social constructionist. She is an advocate of animal welfare and locavorism.[3][4]
Rudy is well known at Duke University, where she taught a variety of topics including: Feminist Ethics, Reproductive Ethics, Gender and Popular Culture, and Debates in Women's Studies. Through her progressive work, Kathy was awarded the David Paletz Course Enhancement Award in 2012.[5]
Selected publications
- Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: Moral Diversity in the Abortion Debate (1996). Beacon Press. Template:ISBN
- Sex and the Church: Gender, Homosexuality and the Transformation of Christian Ethics (1997). Beacon Press. Template:ISBN
- Loving Animals: Toward a New Animal Advocacy (2011). University of Minnesota Press. Template:ISBN[3]
References
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External links
- "Q&A: Whole New World" Duke Magazine, September–October 2005 (Volume 91, No.5)
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- American animal welfare scholars
- American feminists
- American women's rights activists
- Duke University faculty
- Lesbian feminists
- American lesbian writers
- American LGBTQ rights activists
- Scholars of feminist theology
- American sociologists
- American women sociologists
- Queer theologians
- American academics of women's studies
- American women religious writers
- Social constructionism