Katherine Hancock Ragsdale (born c. 1959) is an American Episcopal Priest based in Massachusetts. She has been the interim director of Political Research Associates since May 2005 [1].
She is an American progressive, and is a priest at St. David's Episcopal Church in Pepperell [2], part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Ragsdale has served for 17 years on the national board of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She is also on the board of NARAL Pro-Choice America, The White House Project, the Progressive Religious Partnership, as well as the bi-national advisory board of The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence. She presented to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice in 2004.[3]
Ragsdale was named president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School,[4] effective July 1, 2009.
Ragsdale is the editor of Boundary Wars: Intimacy and Distance in Healing Relationships[5] and the author of numerous articles, including The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to the Domestic Violence Crisis[6] and Hannah, a short story.
See also
External links
- Hannah, a short story.
- Katherine Hancock Ragsdale. "Testimony" Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: The Child Custody Protection Act: Protecting Parents' Rights and Children's Lives (June 3, 2004).
- Sermon to the National Abortion Federation, 1997
- The Supreme Court Returns to the Abortion Debate, comments at a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life forum in 2006
- American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (Nov. 2, 2006). "Panel on Abortion Cases Before the Supreme Court". Press release. http://www.acslaw.org/node/3675.
References
- ^ PublicEye.org
- ^ St. David Church
- ^ "The Child Custody Protection Act: Protecting Parents' Rights and Children's Lives". Senate Judiciary Committee. June 3, 2004. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=1214.
- ^ "Katherine Ragsdale named president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School". episcopallife online. 2009-03-30. http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_106569_ENG_HTM.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ Ragsdale, Katherine Hancock (1996). Boundary Wars: Intimacy and Distance in Healing Relationships. Pilgrim Press. ISBN 9780829811186.
- ^ Ragsdale, Katherine Hancock. "The Role of Religious Institutions in Responding to the Domestic Violence Crisis". Albany Law Review 58 (4): 1149-1170. http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=161754.
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