Kathy Keller
{{Short description|American theologian (born 1950)}}
Kathy Louise Keller (born 1950) is an American author, lecturer, and Christian theologian from New York City who has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.{{Cite news |title=Love and Relationships Books – Best Sellers – Books – Aug. 9, 2015 – The New York Times |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/08/09/relationships/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |issn=0362-4331}} She was the wife of pastor Tim Keller (1950–2023), founder of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church.{{Cite web |last=Rabon |first=Nicole |date=2020-03-12 |title=Tim and Kathy Keller on Birth, Marriage, Death, and the Coronavirus |url=https://radio.foxnews.com/2020/03/12/tim-and-kathy-keller-on-birth-marriage-death-and-the-coronavirus/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=FOX News Radio |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Kathy Keller (Kristy) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mary Louise Stephens and Henry R. Kristy (Kristolich), a Westinghouse Electric Company executive and World War II pilot of Croatian descent.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)30 May 2005, Mon, Page 19 (accessible on newspapers.com) Keller grew up in Monroeville, Pennsylvania with her four siblings.The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 31 Jan 1975, Fri, pg. 10 (accessible on newspapers.com)Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)30 May 2005, Mon, Page 19 (accessible on newspapers.com) When she was twelve years old, she corresponded with Oxford University scholar and popular theologian C. S. Lewis and their correspondence was later published.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=C.S. Lewis's Pen Pal, Kathy Keller |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/november-web-only/cs-lewiss-penpal-kathy-keller.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Christianity Today |date= 22 November 2013|language=en}}{{Citation |last=Hall |first=Bob |title=Kathy Kristy Keller on ABC News Nightline |date=2012-06-04 |url=https://vimeo.com/43438185 |access-date=2023-05-12}}C. S. Lewis' Letters to Children (Scribner: 1996) She graduated from Gateway High SchoolKathy Kristy, "Gateway Schools' Christmas Defended," The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 20 Dec 1966, Tue, p. 20 (accessed on newspapers.com) and Community College of Allegheny County.The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)23 Jun 1974, Sun, Page 78, accessible on newspapers.com She then received a B.A. in English from Allegheny College in 1972Allegheny Magazine, Spring 2013 https://issuu.com/alleghenycoll/docs/alleghenymagazine-spring2013/20 where she was active in campus ministry.Scott Finley, "The Jesus Freaks: Doing God's thing," The Campus (Allegheny College), Apr. 16, 1971, Vol. 95 Num. 4 https://dspace.allegheny.edu/bitstream/handle/10456/31914/The_Campus_Apr_16_1971__Vol_95_Num_4_.pdf?sequence=1
Marriage to Tim Keller, career, and founding Redeemer
In 1975 she received a Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) summa cum laude from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts which she attended with her future husband, Tim Keller.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zondervan.com/author/2306/kathy-keller/|title=Author}} They were first introduced through Kathy's sister, Susan, who was Bucknell classmate of Tim,Timothy and Kathy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage (2011), p. 9 and they married shortly before graduation in January 1975 at Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Monroeville.The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 31 Jan 1975, Fri, pg. 10 (accessible on newspapers.com) The Kellers helped lead a Presbyterian church in Hopewell, Virginia before moving to Philadelphia where Kathy Keller served as an editor at Great Commission Publications, and her husband taught at Westminster Theological Seminary. In 1989 Tim Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation, which became one of the most influential churches in America.{{Cite web |last=Carnes |first=Tony |title=New York's New Hope |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/december/15.32.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=ChristianityToday.com |date=December 2004 |language=en}} Kathy served in various roles at Redeemer including on the Communication Committee and assistant director of Communication and Media and the editor at Redeemer. She has three adult sons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zondervan.com/author/2306/kathy-keller/|title=Author}}
Writings
Kathy Keller has authored numerous theological books, most importantly "Jesus, Justice and Gender Roles" and, with her husband, The Meaning of Marriage (2013), (a New York Times best seller{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/08/08/relationships/|title = Love and Relationships Books – Best Sellers – Books – Aug. 9, 2015 – the New York Times|newspaper = The New York Times}}Allegheny Magazine, Spring 2013, page 19 https://issuu.com/alleghenycoll/docs/alleghenymagazine-spring2013/20). She has also co-authored with her husband God's Wisdom for Navigating Life; and The Songs of Jesus and The Meaning of Marriage Devotional. Keller has also published many articles, including pieces in the New York Times"Redeemer Church Rejects The 'Hard-Line' Label", The New York Times, www.nytimes.com › 1998/02/15, Feb 15, 1998 and has been featured in various media sources including Christianity Today{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=C.S. Lewis's Pen Pal, Kathy Keller |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/november-web-only/cs-lewiss-penpal-kathy-keller.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=ChristianityToday.com |date= 22 November 2013|language=en}} and ABC News Nightline.{{Citation |last=Hall |first=Bob |title=Kathy Kristy Keller on ABC News Nightline |date=2012-06-04 |url=https://vimeo.com/43438185 |access-date=2023-05-12}}
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