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Episcopal theologian wins two national book prizes
2002-146-5
6/6/2002
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[Episcopal News Service]
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott--Episcopal laywoman, theologian, professor and author--has been awarded two national awards for her latest book, 'Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach,' published by the Pilgrim Press. BookExpo America, the largest trade convention of publishers and booksellers in the nation, awarded her a Lambda Literary Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation, an organization devoted to promoting and recognizing books by gay or lesbian authors. The book also received a Benjamin Franklin Award from the Publishers Marketing Association as the outstanding book in the gay/lesbian category published in 2001.
In her book, Mollenkott explores society's preoccupation with 'binary' male-female gender roles, examining the issue from Christian, Jewish, Islamic and other religious traditions. She challenges traditional understanding of gender roles, taking a trans-religious approach to gender justice.
Mollenkott taught English at the William Paterson University in New Jersey and wrote a dozen books, most of them dealing with issues of sexuality, gender, theology and the Bible. She also has been 'an interpreter of the fundamentalist-evangelical-liberal continuum in American Christianity,' according to a release from Pilgrim Press.
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