Sandra M. Schneiders

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Sandra Marie Schneiders, I.H.M. (born 12 November 1936), is professor emerita in the Jesuit School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

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She has published numerous works on spirituality, feminism, and theology.

In 2006, a volume of essays was published in her honor. [1]

Also in 2006, she won the John Courtney Murray Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Her education included B.A. at Marygrove College, M.A. at University of Detroit, S.T.L. at Institut Catholique de Paris, S.T.D. at Pontifical Gregorian University.

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References

  1. Bruce H. Lescher & Elizabeth Liebert, ed. (2006). Exploring Christian spirituality: Essays in honor of Sandra M. Schneiders. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. ISBN   978-0-8091-4216-3.