Official Website of Author
Carter Heyward
The Author
The Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward is an American feminist theologian and priest in the Episcopal Church, the province of the worldwide Anglican Communion in the United States. In 1974, she was one of the Philadelphia Eleven, eleven women whose ordinations eventually paved the way for the recognition of women as priests in the Episcopal Church in 1976.
Upcoming Events
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Saturday, March 18th, 2023, 9:30-1:30 PM
In person workshop with several congregations — (Episcopal) Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC
April 5th, 2023, 1 pm.
Zoom conversation with E. Mary Hunt of WATER
Women’s Alliance of Theology, Ethics, and Ritual)
Friday, April 28th, 2023. Time TBA.
In person Kellogg Lecture, EDS at Union, New York, New York.
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Last week in August, 2023, Exact time and place TBA.
In person presentation/workshop with New Hampshire Conference of United Methodist Church,
OTHER Books
Books below may be ordered on Amazon or by clicking on the book covers shown.
A Priest Forever: The Formation of a Woman and a Priest, NY: Harper and Row, 1976; republished by Pilgrim Press, 1999.
The Redemption of God: A Theology of Mutual Relation, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1982; Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, Foreword by Janet L. Surrey, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010; German Edition, with Introduction by Dorothee Soelle: Und sie ruhrte sein Kleid an: Eine feministische Theologie der Beziehung, 1985.
Our Passion for Justice: Images of Power, Sexuality, and Liberation, Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press) 1984.
IN THE PRESS
What's most impressive about this book is Carter Heyward’s ability to document and expose—without mincing words—White Christian nationalism as our country’s true original sin. Heyward never shouts in this lucid and timely book.
PEDRO A. SANDIN-FREMAINT,
author of And Yet… A Faith Journey