Ruth Duck
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The issue of language that is fair and just is still a crucial
concern for those who worship in the vernacular. Especially in the
United States, people passionately are committed to developing a
language whose style and tone is as reverent as it is relevant.
One of the leaders in this movement is Ruth Duck, professor of worship
at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
Her powerful texts have emerged as the major part of the cutting
edge of language that speaks of God in universal terms and in poetry
that is as poignant as it is stoic. GIA has published fifty-eight
of her texts in the collection Dancing in the Universe
(G-3833). Seven of them are also set in octavo form.
Before coming to Garrett in 1989, she served as pastor at United
Church of Christ parishes in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts.
Her undergraduate work was done at Southwestern-at-Memphis University,
which is now called Rhodes College.
She holds two masters degrees--one from Chicago Theological Seminary
and one from the University of Notre Dame. Her doctorate in theology
was earned at Boston University. Her academic credentials are weighty
ones and balance beautifully with her pastoral experience dealing
with the everyday tasks as the spiritual leader of a parish community.
Visit Ruth Duck's web site at
www.ruthduckhymnist.net