My Quests for Hope and Meaning

Download or read book My Quests for Hope and Meaning written by Rosemary Radford Ruether and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an autobiography tracing Rosemary Radford Ruether's intellectual development and writing career. Ruether examines the influence of her mother and family on her development and particularly her interactions with the Roman Catholic religious tradition. She delves into her exploration of interfaith relations with Judaism and Islam as well. Her educational formation at Scripps College and the importance of historical theology is also a major emphasis. Mental illness has also affected Ruether's nuclear family in the person of her son, and she details the family's struggle with this issue. Finally in this intellectual autobiography, Ruether explores her long concern and involvement with ecology, feminism, and the quest for a spirituality and practice for a livable planet.