Congratulations Dr. Rev. Katherine Ragsdale
(Photo source: Episcopal Life online.)
Better late than never on the coverage of this great news! On Monday, the Episcopal Divinity School of Cambridge, Massachusetts announced that NARAL Pro-Choice America's own (she's a board member) Dr. Rev. Katherine Ragsdale has been named the new president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School! And elected by unanimous vote, at that:
"The search committee presented to the Board of Trustees the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale as its unanimous recommendation for president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School," said Donham. "Katherine's gifts, skills, and experience are an excellent match with the criteria established by the search committee, both in terms of the current challenges and opportunities at EDS, and the personal attributes we are looking for in a new leader."
The Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely, EDS trustee and search committee member, said, "The search committee sees in Katherine the right combination of a person of immense faith, demonstrated organizational and team leadership ability, a passion for academic excellence and quality theological education, formidable development skills, and the ability to be a strong, articulate, and inspiring voice for the mission of EDS, both within the Episcopal Church and beyond. From among the many gifted candidates we interviewed, Katherine Ragsdale overwhelmingly stands out as the one best equipped and called to lead EDS into this next exciting and promising chapter of our life and mission."
Excellent news. Readers here might also remember that Rev. Ragsdale was on-the-ground in Birmingham, Alabama in July of 2007, covering the anti-choice protestors at the New Women All Women Health Clinic during the Alabama Reproductive Freedom Summer kick off. Her blog post describing the events is really compelling so give it a read if you have the chance.
Rev. Ragsdale is a longtime leader of the pro-choice movement and, like I said before, NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Episcopal Divinity School are lucky to have her.
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Can you point me in the direction to any doctors or scientists who have an opinion on when human life begins?
Will NARAL or the or the Episcopal Church ever care about human life (as defined apart from “personhood“ class)?
I'm a Doctor and a Scientist, it's very simple! Life begins at Conception.(You can also ask any 5 year old, they don't have any problem sorting it out.) King David speaks to the Creator... "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers' womb, I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, my frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body, all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be...' from Psalms 139.
Seems like EDS is on a suicide mission with your election.
Hard to believe it once was a respected seminary.
This was a brilliant choice on the part of EDS. Badly in need of revitalization, it has found the perfect person to do that work. She is young, outspoken, unafraid of the religious right, and eloquent, as well as profooundly religious.
Congratulations to the board of EDS for such a wise and brave decision.