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'''Beverly Jean Wildung Harrison''' (1932-2012) was an American feminist scholar and professor whose work was foundational for the field of feminist Christian ethics. She taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City for 32 years.
== Early Life and Education ==
Beverly Jean Wildung was born in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]], on August 4, 1932. Her parents, Harold Wildung and Adahlia Knodt Wildung, were both Presbyterians and they had four children; Beverly was the youngest. She attended [[Macalester College]], where she studied with [[Robert McAfee Brown]]. After graduating in 1954, she continued her education at [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]] in New York City, where she earned a Master in Religious Education and her Doctor of Philosophy in 1975.<ref name=":0"></ref>
== Career ==
After serving as an assistant campus chaplain at the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of Berkeley]] in the 1960s, she returned to Union Theological Seminary in 1966 to join the faculty as an instructor. She received tenure in 1980, and became the Caroline Williams Beaird Professor of Christian Ethics in 1986.<ref name=":1" />
While at Union, she authored or co-authored several influential works on Feminist Christian Ethics. Her lectures on "The Power of Anger in the Work of Love" and "The Role of Social Theory in Religious Ethics" were distributed widely among students and faculty, before being added to a published collection of essays, called ''Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics''(1985), which has been called "one of the best books every published in feminist thought."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her first published book ''Our Right to Choose: Toward a New Ethic of Abortion (''1983),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> was significant contribution to the discussion of moral issues surround the abortion debate. She was also a co-author and editor of ''God's Fierce Whimsy: Christian Feminism and Theological Education (1985),'' a collection of articles by Christian feminists of diverse backgrounds, published by the Mudflower Collective. By highlighting the perspectives of women of color and lesbians, ''God's Fierce Whimsy'' helped challenge the traditional canon and methodologies of Christian theological education. <ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In the 1970's Harrison co-founded the Feminist Ethics Consultation of the Northeast, a mentoring organization for women in ethics. In 1982, she became the first woman to be elected president of the Society for Christian Ethics.<ref> The Society of Christian Ethics|website=scethics.org|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> She retired in 1999.<ref name=":0" />
Harrison died on December 15, 2012, in North Carolina.
== Awards ==
Harrison was given a lifetime achievement award from the Society for Christian Ethics posthumously, in 2013.<ref> The Society of Christian Ethics|website=scethics.org|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>
==Works==
*''Our Right to Choose: Toward a New Ethic of Abortion'' (1983)
*''Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics'' (1985)
*''God's Fierce Whimsy: Christian Feminism and Theological Education'' (co-author, editor) (1985)
*''The Public Vocation of Christian Ethics'' (co-editor) (1986)
*''Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics'' (2004)
== References ==
== Early Life and Education ==
Beverly Jean Wildung was born in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]], on August 4, 1932. Her parents, Harold Wildung and Adahlia Knodt Wildung, were both Presbyterians and they had four children; Beverly was the youngest. She attended [[Macalester College]], where she studied with [[Robert McAfee Brown]]. After graduating in 1954, she continued her education at [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]] in New York City, where she earned a Master in Religious Education and her Doctor of Philosophy in 1975.<ref name=":0"></ref>
== Career ==
After serving as an assistant campus chaplain at the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of Berkeley]] in the 1960s, she returned to Union Theological Seminary in 1966 to join the faculty as an instructor. She received tenure in 1980, and became the Caroline Williams Beaird Professor of Christian Ethics in 1986.<ref name=":1" />
While at Union, she authored or co-authored several influential works on Feminist Christian Ethics. Her lectures on "The Power of Anger in the Work of Love" and "The Role of Social Theory in Religious Ethics" were distributed widely among students and faculty, before being added to a published collection of essays, called ''Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics''(1985), which has been called "one of the best books every published in feminist thought."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her first published book ''Our Right to Choose: Toward a New Ethic of Abortion (''1983),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> was significant contribution to the discussion of moral issues surround the abortion debate. She was also a co-author and editor of ''God's Fierce Whimsy: Christian Feminism and Theological Education (1985),'' a collection of articles by Christian feminists of diverse backgrounds, published by the Mudflower Collective. By highlighting the perspectives of women of color and lesbians, ''God's Fierce Whimsy'' helped challenge the traditional canon and methodologies of Christian theological education. <ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In the 1970's Harrison co-founded the Feminist Ethics Consultation of the Northeast, a mentoring organization for women in ethics. In 1982, she became the first woman to be elected president of the Society for Christian Ethics.<ref> The Society of Christian Ethics|website=scethics.org|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> She retired in 1999.<ref name=":0" />
Harrison died on December 15, 2012, in North Carolina.
== Awards ==
Harrison was given a lifetime achievement award from the Society for Christian Ethics posthumously, in 2013.<ref> The Society of Christian Ethics|website=scethics.org|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>
==Works==
*''Our Right to Choose: Toward a New Ethic of Abortion'' (1983)
*''Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist Social Ethics'' (1985)
*''God's Fierce Whimsy: Christian Feminism and Theological Education'' (co-author, editor) (1985)
*''The Public Vocation of Christian Ethics'' (co-editor) (1986)
*''Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics'' (2004)
== References ==
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