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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion. One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
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Christian Century names Fleming's latest book as one of the Outstanding Books of the YearFleming's latest book, Not Ashamed of the Gospel (sermons from St. Paul's letter to the Romans) was named in the October 21 issue of Christian Century as one of the outstanding books of the year in the category of pastoral theology. These sermons, which Rutledge preached from Romans over many years in different settings, are substantive, theological and literate, and relevant to the times in which they were delivered. And they're not 10-minute quickies either. No one could accuse Rutledge of theological revisionism; nevertheless, her interpretation of Romans has been shaped by newer Pauline studies, especially Ernst Käsemann's realization that justification connotes not merely acquittal, but making right what was wrong... While this book could just as easily have been categorized as theology, reading these sermons is spiritually formative. — Christian Century, October 21, 2008 Read the Christian Century reviews of all their picks for Outstanding Books of the Year |
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