Marcella Althaus-Reid
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Marcella Althaus-Reid was Professor of contextual theology at New College
, University of Edinburgh. When appointed, she was the only woman professor of theology at a Scottish University, and the first woman professor of theology at New College in its 160 year history .
She was born in Rosario
, , and graduated with a Bachelor in Theology
Degree from ISEDET, the Protestant University Institute in Buenos Aires . She completed her Ph.D at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her interests included Liberation Theology
, Feminist theology
and Queer Theology.
Prof Althaus-Reid died on Friday 20 February 2009, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
New College, Edinburgh
New College was opened in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and from the 1930s has been the home of the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh...
, University of Edinburgh. When appointed, she was the only woman professor of theology at a Scottish University, and the first woman professor of theology at New College in its 160 year history .
She was born in Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, , and graduated with a Bachelor in Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
Degree from ISEDET, the Protestant University Institute in Buenos Aires . She completed her Ph.D at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her interests included Liberation Theology
Liberation theology
Liberation theology is a Christian movement in political theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions...
, Feminist theology
Feminist theology
Feminist theology is a movement found in several religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and New Thought, to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective...
and Queer Theology.
Prof Althaus-Reid died on Friday 20 February 2009, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Works
Her published works include:- Indecent Theology. Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics
- The Queer God
- From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology
- Queer Theology. A Primer (co-edited with Prof L. Isherwood)
- From Liberation Theology to Indecent Theology – the Trouble with Normality in Theology from Petrella, Ivan (editor) Latin American Liberation Theology – The Next Generation Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2005