11 Facts About Uta Ranke-Heinemann

Uta Ranke-Heinemann was a German theologian, academic, and author.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann held a chair of ancient Church history and the New Testament at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann was an excellent student, the only girl accepted at the Burggymnasium Essen, where she passed the Abitur with distinction.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann was promoted to doctor in 1954 in Munich, making her the first woman to be so.

In 1969, Uta Ranke-Heinemann became the first woman in the world to be habilitated in Catholic theology, at the University of Munich.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann subsequently held the Essen University chair of ancient Church history and the New Testament from 1970.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann taught from 1980 in Duisburg, and from 1985 in Essen.

In 1999, Uta Ranke-Heinemann was a candidate for President of Germany, without party membership, but lost to Johannes Rau, the husband of her niece Christina.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann announced her break with conventional Christianity altogether in 1992.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann died at her home in Essen on 25 March 2021 at age 93.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann revised it in 2002, after the death of her husband, with the new subtitle Mein Abschied vom traditionellen Christentum, declaring a sevenfold "farewell to traditional Christianity":.