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Elizabeth Ursic

Women's Caucus Chair Emeritus

Elizabeth Ursic

Elizabeth Ursic is a professor of religious studies and author of the book, Women, Ritual, and Power: Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship published with SUNY Press. She chaired the AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus for ten years until 2022.


Her research interests include contemporary religious expression and the arts. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Arizona State University, MDiv from Yale Divinity School, and a MBA, MA, BS, BA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has served as trustee at the Parliament of World Religions and has taught undergraduate and graduate world religion classes. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and keynoted conferences on theology and the arts at the University of Winchester and University of Liverpool in England.


She plays cello and piano, composed two CDs titled Unspoken Touch and Gratitude, and was a fellow at the Yale Institute for Sacred Music. 

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