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Title:
Virginia Ramey
Mollenkott
papers
papers
Dates: 1936-2009
Collection number: GTU 2007-7-01
Creator:
Mollenkott,
Virginia
Ramey
Mollenkott,
Virginia
Ramey
Collection Size:
23 linear feet (20 record boxes; 3 -5.5 inch boxes; 6-2 inch boxes)
Repository: The Graduate Theological Union. Library.
Berkeley, CA 94709
Abstract: The collection contains the working, task, project, and correspondence files and materials concerning the career and ministry
of
Virginia Ramey
Mollenkott
, an English professor and advocate of women's and gay and lesbian rights. Raised a fundamentalist Christian, she became active
in progressive evangelical organizations.
Virginia Ramey
Mollenkott
, an English professor and advocate of women's and gay and lesbian rights. Raised a fundamentalist Christian, she became active
in progressive evangelical organizations.
Physical location: 4/A-E/top
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research with the exception of personal journals and correspondence, student letters and evaluations,
restricted until 2032 December 15.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Virginia Ramey
Mollenkott
papers, GTU 2007-7-01. Center for Gay and Lesbian
Studies in Religion and Ministry, Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.
Virginia R.
Mollenkott
gift to the Center for Gay and Lesbian
Studies in Religion and Ministry at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California,2007-2008. The Pacific School of
Religion retains ownership of the collection. The GTU Archives is the designated repository.
Biography / Administrative History
Virginia Ramey
Mollenkott
was born in Philadelphia on January 28, 1932. She attended the Plymouth Brethren Assembly, a conservative evangelical organization.
After her parents divorced, her mother sent her to a fundamentalist Christian boarding school in Florida. She received her
B.A. in English from Bob Jones University (1953). There she met and married Fred Mollenkott, a marriage that lasted 19 years.
She received her M.A. in English from Temple University (1955) and a Ph.D. in English from New York University (1964). A
well-respected Milton scholar, she taught English literature and writing at William Paterson University of New Jersey for
44 years.
As an English professor with a fundamentalist Christian background, she served as stylistic consultant for the New International
Version of the Bible and as a member of the National Council of Churches' Inclusive Language Lectionary Committee. She became
active in Christian feminist organizations during the 1970s. In 1975, she joined the Evangelical Women's Caucus (renamed the
Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus in 1990) and CLOUT (Christian Lesbians OUT). She co-authored with Letha D. Scanzoni,
Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (1978). This work contributed to her popularity as a speaker in theological schools and conferences across the country. Along
with numerous articles, she has published 13 books on Christianity, feminism and gay/lesbian topics. She is one of the most
influential Christian feminists to emerge in the 20th century, especially in addressing gay, lesbian and transgender issues.
See her chapter in Ann Braude (ed),
Transforming the Faiths of Our Fathers: Women Who Changed American Religion (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) for more biographical information.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, published articles, sermons, photographs, diaries, audio tapes, videotapes
and ephemera.
The collection is arranged as follows: Series 1, Biographical, Sub-series: A-Journals, B-Personal, C- Articles and Papers
about Mollenkott, D-Selected Interviews and Biographical Descriptions. Series 2, William Paterson University. Series 3,
Writings, Sub-series: A-Student, B-Articles and Papers, C-Books and Reactions, and D-Poetry. Series 4, Speeches and Events:
Sub-series A- Sermons, B- Speeches, Lectures, Presentations, and Workshops, C-: Correspondence, News, Fliers, Reactions Surrounding
Conferences and Events. Series 5, Correspondence, Sub-series: A-General, B-Named. Series 6, Subject Files. Series 7, Sound
Recordings, Sub-series: A-Audio cassettes, and B-CDs and Reel to Reel Tapes . Series 8, Video Recordings.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Transgenderism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian transgender people--Religious life.
Transvestism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Transvestism--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
Transsexualism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Transsexualism--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
Feminist theology.
Lesbian clergy--United States--Biography.
Feminism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Fundamentalism.
Church work with gays.
Woman (Christian theology)
Women--Religious aspects--Biblical teaching.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Femininity of God--Biblical teaching.
Women religious leaders--United States--Biography.
Religious leaders--United States--Biography.
Feminists--United States--Biography.
Biblical Teaching.
Biblical Teaching, Doctrinal Theology.
Mollenkott,
Virginia
R. (1932- )
Scanzoni, Letha D.
GTU 2001-11-01 John J. McNeill and Charles Chiarelli Gay and Lesbian Liberation Collection
GTU 92-3-1 Inventory of the Centers And Programs. Office Of Women's Affairs/Center For Women And Religion, 1969-88.
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