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Maureen Fiedler - Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling

Start: 10/03/2010 3:00 pm

Women are emerging as religious leaders in unprecedented numbers and in many different roles in faith traditions across the board. Religious women have yet to reach “nirvana” in the quest for equality, but the overall trend is at a “tipping point” in many faith traditions. Gender equality has become an accepted norm, culturally and theologically. It’s just a question of how soon the new order of equality is actually realized.

Women are not only denominational and organizational leaders, but leading theologians and scripture scholars, prolific writers in the field of spirituality, prominent activists for social justice, peace and ecological sanity, leaders in forging positive
interfaith relations, and leaders in religious media.

This is the thesis of a new book, Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling. It features transcripts of radio interviews with women leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and other traditions.

Maureen Fiedler is the host of Interfaith Voices, a public radio show, heard on 70 radio stations in North America. She has been involved in interfaith activities for more than three decades as an active participant in coalitions working for social justice, racial and gender equality, and peace. Her special interests lie at the intersection of theology and public policy. She is the editor of Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Religious Leaders in Their Own Words which highlights the growing leadership of women in the world of religion. She is a Sister of Loretto, and holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University.