Albrecht, Gloria H.

PERSONAL: Born in Baltimore, MD. Education: University of Maryland at College Park, B.A., 1963; Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1966; St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD, S.T.M., 1983; Temple University, Ph.D., 1992.

ADDRESSES: Home—17354 Fairfield, Detroit, MI 48221. Office—Department of Religious Studies, University of Detroit Mercy, P.O. Box 19900, Detroit, MI 48219-0900.

CAREER: Writer and eduator. Teacher of world history at public high schools in Baltimore, MD, 1963–66; Social Security Administration, Woodlawn, MD, policy specialist, 1966–69; Box Project (nonprofit organization), Plainville, CT, member of board of directors, 1974–80; St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, lecturer at Ecumenical Institute, 1985–92; University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, professor of religious studies, 1992–. Ordained minister of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1983; associate pastor of Presbyterian churches in Baltimore, 1983–91; committee member for Presbytery of Baltimore, between 1984 and 1990, and Presbytery of Detroit, 1992–. Temple University, adjunct faculty member, 1991–92; lecturer at other institutions, including Johns Hopkins University, Towson State University, and University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Conference presenter and public speaker. Maryland Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, chair of policy council, 1989–91.

MEMBER: American Academy of Religion (codirector of ethics section), Association of Professional and Practical Ethics, Society of Christian Ethics.

WRITINGS:

The Character of Our Communities: Toward a Liberative Ethic for the Church, Abingdon (Nashville, TN), 1995.

Hitting Home: Feminist Ethics, Women's Work, and the Betrayal of "Family Values," Continuum (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Welfare Policy: Feminist Critiques, edited by Elizabeth Bounds, Pamela Brubaker, and Mary Hobgood, Pilgrim Press (Cleveland, OH), 1999; and Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions, edited by Daniel Maguire, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2003. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals and lay magazines, including Interpretation, Professional Ethics, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and Continuum.

SIDELIGHTS: Gloria H. Albrecht told CA: "As a Christian feminist ethicist, I focus on issues of social justice, particularly economic issues, from the perspective of women's experiences. My courses include Christian ethics, business ethics, ethics and economic theories, womanist and feminist ethics, women and religion, sexuality and justice, introduction to religion, and introduction to women's studies. My underlying theme is to challenge the dominant assumptions of U.S. culture by exposing injustices of race, economic location, and gender. I challenge the 'innocence' of the mainline churches of affluent, white America and urge them to identify ways in which they are complicit in structures of injustice."