Kathy Rudy

 ( 1956 Births ) 

M. Kathy Rudy (born 1956) is an American women's studies scholar, and theologian.

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Biography Rudy earned a Master of Divinity from the Duke Divinity School and later a doctorate in ethics from Duke as well. She also taught as a professor at Duke. Her work is often interdisciplinary as she merges philosophy, theology, politics, feminism, and medical ethics. She is coming out about her homosexuality and is a radical social constructionist. She is an advocate of animal welfare and locavorism.

In Sex and the Church: Gender, Homosexuality and the Transformation of Christian Ethics, Rudy argues for Gender equality of all people based on the "gifts that each one brings", rather than making a societal judgement based on their "real or perceived gender".

She further questions the relationship between the Christian community and a person's private life, pushing back on the idea that sexual practices would impact an individual's relationship with God.

Rudy is well known at Duke University, where she taught a variety of topics including: Feminist Ethics, Reproductive Ethics, Gender and Popular Culture, and Debates in Women's Studies. Through her progressive work, Kathy was awarded the David Paletz Course Enhancement Award in 2012.

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Selected publications

• Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: Moral Diversity in the Abortion Debate (1996). Beacon Press.
• Sex and the Church: Gender, Homosexuality and the Transformation of Christian Ethics (1997). Beacon Press.
• Loving Animals: Toward a New Animal Advocacy (2011). University of Minnesota Press.

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External links

• "Q&A: Whole New World" Duke Magazine, September–October 2005 (Volume 91, No.5)

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