Haruko Nawata Ward
Haruko Nawata Ward | |
|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
| Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Ordained | c. 2003 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Women and the Jesuits in the Christian Century (1549–1650) in Japan (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jane Dempsey Douglass |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Ecclesiastical history |
| School or tradition | Feminism |
| Institutions | Columbia Theological Seminary |
Haruko Nawata Ward is a religious historian currently teaching church history at Columbia Theological Seminary. She is known primarily for her work on women religious leaders, history of Christianity in Asia, history of the Christian Reformation, encounter of cultures and religions and justice issues throughout the history of the church.