Prof. Marcella Althaus-Reid BEd BD PhD

Prof. Marcella Althaus-Reid: Professor of Contextual Theology
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Introduction

Professor of Contextual Theology

Professor Althaus-Reid, who holds a Chair of Contextual Theology in the School of Divinity, was born in Rosario, Argentina. She completed her first degree at ISEDET, Buenos Aires, the world famous centre for the study of Liberation Theology in Latin America, studying under internationally acclaimed scholars including José Míguez Bonino and J. Severino Croatto. In 1994 she gained her PhD from the University of St Andrews and was appointed to a lectureship in Edinburgh as Director of the MTh in Theology and Development.

Professor Althaus-Reids first book, Indecent Theology (2000) brought her instant international acclaim. Together with her second book, The Queer God (2004) it has established a new field for the study of theology. To her critical engagement with Liberation and Feminist theologies she has added the dimension of Theology and Sexuality. Her work has been the subject of books, articles and conferences and has led to invitations to deliver lecture series not only in the UK but in Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain. She has also lectured in the USA, Brazil and New Zealand. The translation of several of her work into Spanish has facilitated a new dialogue between Latin American and North Atlantic theologians.

A member of the advisory board of the international journal Concilium, Professor Althaus-Reid is also associate editor of the journal Studies in World Christianity: the Edinburgh Review of Theology and Religion. She is executive co-editor of several series of books including:

Queering Theology (Continuum)

Gender and Spirituality (Equinox)

Beyond Liberation Theology (SCM)

Controversies in Contextual Theologies (SCM)

Professor Althaus-Reid trained for the ministry of the Methodist Church of Argentina. In addition to her academic training she developed expertise in the method of conscientization, pioneered by the Brazilian educator and activist Paulo Freire. This she put to good use in social and community projects supported by the church in deprived areas of Buenos Aires. It was because of this experience that she was invited to set up similar projects in Dundee and Perth (Scotland).

Professor Althaus-Reid is a member of the Advisory Theological Team of the Rev Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Church and Director of the International Association of Queer Theology

Professor Althaus-Reid also moderates two discussion forums details available by clicking here

For an expanded up to date bibliography of articles and chapters in books, please check Professor Althaus-Reid's bilingual webpage at http://www.Althaus-Reid.com

With great sadness we note the loss of an internationally respected scholar and a lively and enjoyable colleague, Professor Marcella Althaus-Reid who died on Friday 20th February, at the Marie Curie Hospice (Edinburgh).

Selected Publications

Another Possible World(co-editor with Ivan Petrella and Luiz C Susin) London: SCM, Dec 2007
Controversies in Body Theology (co-editor with Lisa Isherwood) London: SCM, Dec 2007
Controversies in Feminist Theology (with Lisa Isherwood) London: SCM,2007
Liberation Theology and Sexuality (Ed) (London: Ashgate 2006)
The Sexual Theologian (Co-ed. with Lisa Isherwood) (London: Continuum 2005)
From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology (London: SCM 2004)
The Queer God (London: Routledge 2003)
La Teología Indecente Barcelona: Bellaterra 2005
Indecent Theology (London: Routledge 2000)