[Oe List ...] The death of Letty Russell

[John C. Montgomery]

Dear Friends,
 
The following was posted on 7Villages concerning the death of Letty Russell. It contains some important links. 
>From Rev. Tiffany Steinwert
(Rev. Steinwert is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, serving as pastor to Cambridge Welcoming Ministries, a mission of the New England Annual Conference)
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Our mother in the faith, feminist theologian, Letty Russell, has passed. News of her death was posted on WATER's website as follows:

"Letty Russell, feminist theologian, died peacefully at home last night (July 12, 2007) after a valiant and graceful struggle with cancer. Shannon Clarkson was with her. They were accompanied near and far by legions of friends and colleagues. May she rest in the peace she envisioned and worked for throughout her life of scholarship, service, hospitality, and friendship. WATER extends sympathy to Shannon on this great loss. May Letty's memory be a blessing and her work a source on inspiration to the many people around the world whose lives she touched." Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D., Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, www.hers.com/water

Words cannot describe the influence her work has had on my life and ministry...not only her academic work, but her powerful presence as a woman of faith who created change in the Church. It is Russell's vision of communities of faith and struggle that informed the creation of Cambridge Welcoming Ministries and continues to this day to inspire my own ministry within the institutional Church.

Russell was a great Crone of the Church, a foremother who led the way for so many of us as a brilliant scholar, courageous activist and powerful role-model. She will be deeply missed.

In her honor, I invite you to listen to her final lecture given last year at Harvard University.

A full obituary can be found posted on the Yale Divinity School website.
 John C. Montgomery
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