Patrick publishes an article in the Global Sisters Report

Anne Patrick, William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts, Emerita, published an article January 20 on the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report, “Prophetic Idealism and Institutional Realism: Seeking a Balance.”

Patrick has a special interest in the areas of religion and literature, and Christian feminist theology and ethics. A past President of the Catholic Theological Society of America, she was also a founding vice-president of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology. She is the author of numerous articles and reviews, and the book Liberating Conscience: Feminist Explorations in Catholic Moral Theology (1996). She has written another volume, Conscience and Calling:  Ethical Reflections on Catholic Women’s Church Vocations.  Recently she was chosen by The Catholic Theological Society of America as the 2013 recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award.  The award is considered the Society’s highest honor, and is given annually to a member who has achieved a lifetime of distinguished theological scholarship.