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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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Fleming will give the first Seynaeve Memorial Lecture at LSU in March 2012Her book The Battle for Middle-earth, which continues to get attention, prompted the invitation. The subject will be Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The invitation to lecture, which comes from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, will allow Fleming to speak about her passion for the mythic North, which brought forth Tolkien’s LOTR, Wagner’s Ring operas and the novels of Halldor Laxness, among other wonders. |
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