Sister Anne Carr was a feminist theologian at the University of Chicago Divinity School

University of Chicago Divinity School

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, where she was the first female permanent member of the faculty.

She was a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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, having taken her final vows in 1966.

Her bachelor's degree

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 was from Mundelein College

Mundelein College

Mundelein College was the last private, independent, Roman Catholic women's college in Illinois. Located on the edge of the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods on the far north side of Chicago, Illinois, Mundelein College was founded and administered by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed...

 and she also held a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in theology from Marquette University

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

. She received a master's degree and her doctorate

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 from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 in 1971 with a dissertation on the German

Germany

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 theologian Karl Rahner

Karl Rahner

Karl Rahner, SJ was a German Jesuit and theologian who, alongside Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar, is considered one of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century...

, and began teaching there in 1975. She also held several honorary doctorates. Her books include Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O. was a 20th century Anglo-American Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion...

's Theology of Self and Transforming Grace: Christian Tradition and Women's Experience.

External links

• Obituary from the Chicago Tribune
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• Obituary from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Anne Carr and Bono
  Bono
  Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...