Uta Ranke-Heinemann Quotes

Germany, Theologian
October 2, 1927 – March, 25, 2021.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann was a German theologian, academic, and author. She holds the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace.

Also known as Academic, Author

Confronted by a Church that has ceased to manifest God's mercy and intimate connection with humankind - that has converted Christ into a grim and joyless adjunct to the policing of bedrooms and marital intercourse - men and women can no longer see themselves as beloved of God, only as impure and reprehensible.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann
- God
- Men
- Women
Sexual pessimism and hostility toward the pleasures of the flesh are a legacy from the ancient world which Christianity has preserved in a special measure to this day.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann
- World
- Special
- Legacy

Jesus was a friend of women, the first and practically the last friend women had in the church.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann
- Women
- Friend
- Church