Valerie Saiving

Valerie Saiving (1921–1992) was a feminist theologian. She was one of the early pioneers of feminist theological reflection named Thealogy, known for her groundbreaking 1960 essay The Human Situation: A Feminine View. In it, she challenged dominant Christian conceptions of sin as rooted in male experience, arguing that women often face different moral and existential concerns, such as self-negation and relational over-identification.

Saiving taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, from 1959 to 1987, where she helped establish both the Department of Religious Studies and the Women's Studies program. Her work is now recognized as a foundational contribution to the development of feminist theology.