Rev. Claude Marie Barbour is a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). She was among the first female ministers in the denomination, being ordained in 1974 in Gary, Indiana.
Reverend Claude Marie Barbour | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Organization | Catholic Theological Union |
Education
editBarbour has a Master of Sacred Theology (STM) from New York Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary[1]
Career
editBarbour was one of six alumnae of the New College, Edinburgh, who wrote an open letter to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1967. Other proponents included Dr Elizabeth G.K. Hewat, Mary Levison (née Lusk), Mary Weir, Sheila Spence (née White) and Margaret Forrester. The group informed the Assembly that there was no valid theological reason to oppose admission of women, and held a press conference as they were prevented from lobbying directly. The decision to allow female ministry was made on the 22 May 1968.[2]
Barbour's ministry involves a great deal of intercultural and interreligious work. She developed ministries among Native Americans in South Dakota and Chicago and initiated the traveling seminars to the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations in South Dakota in the 1980’s. Barbour is the founder and director of the ecumenical and intercultural Shalom Ministries and Community and has initiated many global/ecumenical programs and projects.[3] Reconciliation and the healing of memories have always been part of her ministry, including training of others to work with survivors of human rights abuses.
Barbour retired from the Catholic Theological Union in 2016 after 40 years on the faculty. She remains Professor Emerita of World Mission, and continues to participate in CTU activities[4]
Works
edit“The Return: Returning to the Place of Pain.” In New Theology Review, Vol. 17, Number 1, 2004.
“Mission as Accompaniment.” with Eleanor Doidge in Catholic Mission 1910-2010, edited by Stephen Bevans, Oxford, UK: Regnum Books, 2013.
“Plural Spiritualities and Dual Religious Belonging” with Robert Schreiter. In Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences, edited by Robert J. Schreiter, 75-89. Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2015.
“Seeking Justice and Shalom in the City.” International Review of Mission, vol. 73, no. 291, 1984, pp. 303–09, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-6631.1984.tb03281.x.
Barbour, Claude Marie, Peggy DesJarlait, Eleanor Doidge, and Amy Carr. "Gospel, Culture, Healing and Reconciliation: A Shalom Conversation". Mission Studies 16.2 (1999): 135-150. https://doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1163/15733831-90000011b Web.
References
edit- ^ "Claude Marie Barbour". Catholic Theological Union. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "The women who won the battle to be Church of Scotland ministers". BBC News. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Bevans, Stephen (2013), "Mission as Accompaniment", A Century of Catholic Mission, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, pp. 275–284, ISBN 978-1-5064-7657-5, retrieved 2024-07-12
- ^ "CTU Annual Report 2020-21 by CTUDev - Issuu". issuu.com. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2024-07-12.