Marianne Katoppo

Henriette Marianne Katoppo (9 June 1943 – 12 October 2007) was an Indonesian novelist and internationally known Asian feminist theologian.

[1] She has been described as "independent, forthright, and conversant in a dozen Asian and European languages," and was internationally known as a female theologian.

[1] Katoppo's Christian novel Raumanen, published in 1977,[2] won the first prize at the Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition.

An Asian Woman's Theology was published in 1980 by Orbis and translated into Dutch and German.

"[4] Susan Evangelista of Ateneo de Manila University summarized Katoppo's perspective of the virgin Mary as being the core of "women's theology"; and rather than being limited to the role of the virgin mother of Jesus, Evangelista believes Katoppo saw Mary as a totally complete woman who, while obedient to God, serves as the perfect balance to men.