Fleming Rutledge
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| Introduction | Fleming Rutledge, having spent twenty-two years in parish ministry, now has an international preaching vocation She is widely recognized as a teacher of other preachers in the mainline Protestant denominations of the US and is now expanding her vocation into Canada and the UK. She has twice been a resident Fellow of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. Her three sermon collections, The Bible and The New York Times, Help My Unbelief, and The Undoing of Death have met with wide acclaim across denominational lines. Her most recent books are The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in The Lord of the Rings, and The Seven Last Words from the Cross. She has recently received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a substantial book about the meaning of the Crucifixion. One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. A native of Franklin, Virginia, Mrs. Rutledge has been married for forty-five years to Reginald E. (Dick) Rutledge. They have two daughters and two grandchildren. |