Charlene Spretnak
Encyclopedia
Charlene Spretnak is an American author, activist, academic, and feminist. Born in 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, Spretnak was raised in Columbus, Ohio
. She earned her B.A. from St. Louis University and her M.A. in English and American literature from the University of California, Berkeley
, in 1981. Spretnak began her professional career in the 1970s as an activist and scholar. In 1989 she was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
for her writings on spirituality and social justice. In 2006, she was named by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
, in the United Kingdom, as one of the "100 Eco-Heroes of All Time." As of 2010 she is a professor of women's spirituality at the California Institute for Integral Studies and a research fellow at the Green Institute
.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Spretnak was raised in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
. She earned her B.A. from St. Louis University and her M.A. in English and American literature from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, in 1981. Spretnak began her professional career in the 1970s as an activist and scholar. In 1989 she was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was founded in 1978 and has 356 members. It provides public recognition for the achievements of Ohio women that better their state, their country and their world.-See also:*National Women's Hall of Fame...
for her writings on spirituality and social justice. In 2006, she was named by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
, in the United Kingdom, as one of the "100 Eco-Heroes of All Time." As of 2010 she is a professor of women's spirituality at the California Institute for Integral Studies and a research fellow at the Green Institute
Green Institute
The Green Institute is a national-level policy institute that is based on the values of the global Green political movement in the United States....
.
Works by Charlene Spretnak
- Grahn, Judy & Charlene Spretnak. Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World. Boston: Beacon Press (1994). ISBN 0807075051
- Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths. Boston: Beacon Press (1992). ISBN 0807013439
- Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church. Basingtoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2005). ISBN 1403970408
- The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays by Founding Mothers of the Movement. New York: Anchor (1981). ISBN 0385172419
- Relational Reality: New Discoveries of Interrelatedness That Are Transforming the Modern World. Topsham: Green Horizon Books (2011). ISBN 0615461271
- The Resurgence of the Real. London: Routledge (1999). ISBN 0415922984
- The Spiritual Dimension of Green Politics. Rochester: Bear & Co. (1986). ISBN 0939680297
- States of Grace: The Recovery of Meaning in the Postmodern Age. San Francisco: Harper (1993). ISBN 0062506978