Marie Tulip
Encyclopedia
Marie Tulip is an Australia
n feminist writer, academic and proponent for the ordination of women
as priests.
She taught courses in feminism
and religion at the University of New South Wales
. She worked at the Commission for the Status of Women of what was then the Australian Council of Churches (now the National Council of Churches in Australia
). She was an editor of the feminist religious magazine Magdalene.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n feminist writer, academic and proponent for the ordination of women
Ordination of women
Ordination in general religious usage is the process by which a person is consecrated . The ordination of women is a regular practice among some major religious groups, as it was of several religions of antiquity...
as priests.
She taught courses in feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
and religion at the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. She worked at the Commission for the Status of Women of what was then the Australian Council of Churches (now the National Council of Churches in Australia
National Council of Churches in Australia
The National Council of Churches in Australia is an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia's Christian Churches in dialogue and practical cooperation.It works in collaboration with state ecumenical councils around Australia...
). She was an editor of the feminist religious magazine Magdalene.
Works
- Hut Poems: 1978-1998 Cerberus Press, Glebe (NSW), 1999
- Liberation theology and feminism (with Jean Skuse and Basil Moore), Australian Council of Churches, N.S.W. State Council, Commission on the Status of Women, 1975?
- Knowing Otherwise - Feminism, Women and Religion (with Erin White), David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne, 1991 ISBN 1-86355-005-4
- Seven generations of a Queensland family :a memoir Glebe (NSW), 2004
- Women in a Man's Church: Changes in the Status of Women in the Uniting Church in Australia, 1977-1983, Commission on the Status of Women of the Australian Council of Churches (NSW), ISBN 0858210398