Rev. Dr. Thistlethwaite is a Professor of Theology and President Emerita for Chicago Theological Seminary. An ordained minister of the United Church of Christ since 1974, she is the author or editor of thirteen academic books, including two different translations of the Bible. In 2015, Dr. Thistlethwaite’s wrote "Women’s Bodies as Battlefield: Christian Theologies and the Global War on Women." The book reached Number #1 in the Human Rights category on Amazon.