Virginia Mollenkott
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott (born 1932) is a Christian author who has advocated LGBT rights and Christian feminism. She has contributed a major study on the feminine imagery for God in the Bible, and supports the use of gender inclusive language for God. She is Professor Emeritus at William Paterson University, New Jersey, and is an active member of the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus and Christian Lesbians OUT. She served as a stylistic consultant for the New International Version of the Bible.
Mollenkott, an open lesbian, lives with her partner Suzannah Tilton in New Jersey.
External Links
Critical
- YouTube Video - The NIV, Homosexuality, and Virginia Mollenkott Dr. Joe Chambers interviews professor Mollenkott and discusses her lesbian influence (literary critic), on the words used in the NIV. The NIV Committee on Bible Translation