- Georgia Harkness
Georgia Elma Harkness (
April 21 ,1891 -1974) was a Christian theologian in theMethodist tradition. Born in Harkness,New York , a town named after her grandfather, Harkness has been described as one of the first significant American female theologians and was important in the movement to gainordination for women in American Methodism. Teaching atGarrett Biblical Institute and later at the Pacific School of Religion, she was also one of the first women to teach theology in a seminary, and became a leading figure in the modern ecumenical movement.Harkness had an affinity for ministry through poetry and the arts. Her theological interests centered around the influence of the ecumenical church, eschatology, applied theological thought and a desire for all persons to understand the Christian faith. She made clear a distaste for the doctrine of
original sin , saying that "the sooner it disappears, the better it is for theology."Resources
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=582 Beliefs That Count] " by Georgia Harkness
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=802 Christian Ethics] " by Georgia Harkness
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=575 The Gospel and Our World] " by Georgia Harkness
* "Grace Abounding" (1969) by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-687-15659-9)
* "The Ministry of Reconciliation" by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-687-27048-0)
* "The Modern Rival of Christian Faith: An Analysis of Secularism" by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-313-20174-9)
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=571 Prayer and the Common Life] " by Georgia Harkness
* "Sources of Western Morality: From Primitive Society Through the Beginning of Christianity" (1954) by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-404-10643-9)
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=562&C=682 Toward Understanding the Bible] " by Georgia Harkness
* "Understanding Christian Faith" by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-687-42955-2)
* " [http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=577 Understanding the Kingdom of God] " by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-687-42864-5)
* "Women in Church and Society: A Historical and Theological Inquiry" (1971) by Georgia Harkness (ISBN 0-687-45965-6)
* "Georgia Harkness: For Such a Time as This" (1992) by Rosemary Skinner Keller (ISBN 0-687-13276-2)
* "Practical Divinity: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition" (1982) by Thomas A. Langford (ISBN 0-687-07382-0)See also
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Personalism External links
* [http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1996/v53-3-article3.htm Georgia Harkness: Chastened Liberal] - Biographical article from "Theology Today"
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