McClintock Fulkerson completed her B.M. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her MD at Duke University and her Ph.D at Vanderbilt University. Her primary teaching interests are practical theology, feminist theologies, contemporary Protestant theology, authority in theology, and ecclesiology. Her work is published in journals such as Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and Modern Theology. Her book, Changing the Subject: Women’s Discourses and Feminist Theology, examines the liberating practices of feminist academics and non-feminist church women. Her most recent book current work is on the ecclesial practices that enable resistance to racism and other contemporary forms of social brokenness. Her book Places of Redemption: Theology for a Worldly Church, interprets the doctrine of the church in light of racial diversity and the differently abled. Fulkerson also contributed to The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology, a collection of essays on feminist theology and globalization, which she co-edited with Sheila Briggs. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Professor McClintock Fulkerson has been involved in national ecclesiastical bodies and has chaired the New Hope Presbytery’s Task Force on Human Sexuality. She teaches in the Duke Women’s Studies program, directs the Divinity School’s Gender, Theology, and Ministry Certificate Program, and is faculty sponsor of the Divinity Women’s Center and Sacred Worth.
