Anne  Andersson has been a theological educator in grade levels ranging from preschool through high school, and as an adjunct professor at St. John's University. She has Masters degrees in theology from Fordham University and in education from Hunter College.

As a fairly frequent presenter at annual conferences of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Academy of Religion (MAR-AAR), in one year Anne organized, presided over, and presented on a four-person panel that was  honored when the MAR-AAR selected it as the sole recipient of its prestigious annual award. The title of the panel was "Learning to See the World as a Whole: Insights on Peace from Mentors of Wisdom.” Eleanor Rae was one of the presenters with her talk on the Holy Spirit. Anne's presentation was on Maria Montessori whom she greatly admires as a mentor of peace, feminist, as well as spiritual and educational visionary.

Anne has a passion for addressing the problems that patriarchy can pose. She followed up on this passion with an essay entitled: "Dismantling Patriarchy—A Redemptive Vision: Ritual and Feminist Critical Theology in Basic Ecclesial Communities," which was published in Women and Religious Ritual, edited by Lesley A. Northup. The Pastoral Press.

With the same desire, Anne founded Christian Women: Quo Vadis?, a nonprofit organization that was dedicated to raising awareness about patriarchy, women, and the Catholic Church. She published its monthly newsletter "Aqueduct”.

Anne is a founding member of C:WED and was editor of its newsletter "Weaving the Connections." Under C:WED, she greatly valued participating in annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations. She and Eleanor have worked closely together for over 40 years on raising awareness of the parallels among patriarchy and the oppression of women and of the Earth.

Presently, Anne resides in New York City and continues as an educator, writer, and feminist. She is the mother of three grown sons and recently, with great joy, welcomed the arrival of a baby granddaughter.

About C:WED

The Center for Women, the Earth, the Divine is dedicated to exploring the parallels that exist between the imaging and treatment of women and of the Earth and how our images of the Divine are related to these parallels.

We began by exploring these relationships within the context of our own tradition–the Christian. While we continue our exploration in this tradition, we have also engaged people of other traditions, such as the Buddhist, Ancient Goddess, Hindu, Indigenous, Jewish, and Muslim. Our work is made available through this blog.

The immediate purpose of the Center is educational, while the ultimate goal is the healing of creation.

We move toward the achievement of our aims through the daily living of an eco-feminist spirituality.

The founder of C:WED is Eleanor Rae, Ph.D, author of Created in Her Image: Models of the Feminine Divine, and Women, the Earth, the Divine; and sole founder and past president of the Hutchinson River Restoration Project. Anne Andersson, M.A. is a theological educator, feminist writer, and co-founding member of C:WED.

Eleanor Rae

Eleanor Rae

Eleanor Rae’s bio here.

Anne Andersson