Uta Ranke-Heinemann

Uta Ranke-Heinemann (2 October 1927 in Essen – 25 March 2021) was a German theologian, academic and author. She held the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace.[1] Her father Gustav Heinemann was an SPD politician and president of Germany 1969–74.

Ranke-Heinemann in August 2005

Ranke-Heinemann died on 25 March 2021, aged 93.[2]

References
  1. "Church Bars 1st Woman Theologian", Reuters, June 20, 1987
  2. Uta Ranke-Heinemann ist tot Archived 2021-03-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German)


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