List of Contributors

Where can we find her?
Searching for women’s identity in the new church

Edited by Marie-Eloise Rosenblatt
published by Paulist Press, 1991.
Republished on our website with the necessary permissions

Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. She has served on the Commission of Faith and Order and the Committee for the Inclusive Language Lectionary of the National Council of Churches. Editor of the journal The Bible Today, she is also editor of the Collegeville Bible Commentary, Old Testament. She is the author of Job and Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament Message series (Glazier, 1982); What Are They Saying About Wisdom Literature? (Paulist, 1984); Introduction to the Bible (Collegeville Commentary Series; Liturgical Press, 1985); and The World is a Prayerful Place (Glazier, 1987).

Karen A. Banta received a doctorate in theology from Marquette University where she specialized in New Testament studies. As an associate professor of New Testament/Christian Origins in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, she regularly teaches in the Corpus/Sumore Graduate Ministry Programs (now part of the Institute for Theological Studies). She recently served as President of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. Her interest in biblical narrative shaped her recent book The Gospel of Mark which appears as Volume 9 in the series The Message of Biblical Spirituality (Michael Glazier). Currently she is co-authoring a book titled The Harvest Is Plentiful: Letting Biblical Images Speak to Gender Issues, also to be published by Glazier.

Marie-Eloise Rosenblatt, R.S.M. is presently Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies department at Santa Clara University in California where she teaches New Testament. Author of articles in The Bible Today and The Way, she regularly lectures and gives workshops on the biblical roots of women’s spirituality. She directs the program of the national Mercy Association in Scripture and Theology. Her doctorate in Christian Spirituality is from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and she holds a degree from the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem. She is author of the forthcoming Paul the Accused: His Portrait in Acts (Zacchaeus series, Glazier). She is an associate editor of Continuum, published by Crossroad.

Barbara Moran, R.S.M. is currently teaching at the University of San Francisco, St. Joseph’s College Seminary, and St. Mary’s College in California. She received her doctorate m English literature and linguistics from the Catholic University of America and is involved m the Women’s Ordination Conference and the Mercy/ Justice Coalition.

Elizabeth McMillan, R.S.M. is a Pittsburgh Sister of Mercy currently working in St. Louis in the Division of Theology, Mission and Ethics of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Her responsibilities as Senior Associate, Corporate and Social Ethics include lecturing, writing and organizing seminars and workshops on health care ethics. She has an M.A. in philosophy from Marquette University and a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has taught philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago, and Carlow College, Pittsburgh where she also served as Dean of the College.

Dolores L. Greeley, R.S.M. is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at St. Louis University. She has served as President of the College Theology Society from 1986-1988. Her travels have taken her to most parts of the world. As a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship she spent the summer of 1987 in Pakistan where she studied the influence of Islam on women.

Marilyn J. Gustin is the Editor of Quality Living quarterly. Her doctorate is in History of Religions, emphasis on comparative spiritualities, from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Living in Vermont, she writes, lectures, and offers seminars and workshops in spirituality and personal growth. She has published seven books and numerous articles in this field. Her current writing project is on everyday life as spiritual path.

Maryanne Stevens, R.S.M. is an assistant professor in the department of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her Ph.D. in religion and education from Boston College and focuses her research on religious education and social ethics. Her articles have appeared in Professional Approaches for Christian Education and Religious Education. She is editor of M.A. S. T. Journal.

Janet Ruffing, R.S.M. is Assistant Professor in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction at the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Fordham University. She received her doctorate in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley and taught in the Oakland diocese’s permanent diaconate program. She has recently completed a volume on the narrative aspects of spiritual direction, Uncovering Stories of Faith (Paulist Press).

Ann Marie Caron, R.S.M. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Pastoral Ministry at Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut. Her doctorate in theology is from Drew University. She has taught at Mercy College and Iona College and was a director of the Iona Center for Pastoral Liturgy for three years. She is active on the Liturgy Commission of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Her areas of teaching and scholarly research include patristics, church history, church organization and ministry.