Naomi Ruth Goldenberg (born August 1, 1947) is a Canadian feminist scholar of religion and professor of Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is best known for her work in the areas of Feminist Theory and Religion, Gender and Religion, as well as the Psychoanalytic Theory and Political Theory of Religion.
A prominent early member of the WomenâÂÂs Caucus of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, she has been a key figure in advancing feminist and psychoanalytic approaches within religious studies.
Naomi Ruth Goldenberg grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. She attended Teaneck High School and graduated with high honors in classics from Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1969. After beginning graduate work in classics at Princeton University, she switched to religious studies at Yale University, where she received an M.A. in 1974, an M.Phil. in 1975, and a Ph.D. in 1976. for her graduate work. Goldenberg studied at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland during her doctoral program.
Goldenberg has received many honourable prizes and recognized for her work.