Anita Monro | |
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Born | Anita Monro |
Nationality | Australian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Griffith University |
Thesis | Subjecting ambiguity : towards a poststructuralist feminist theological methodology (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Elaine Wainwright |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Grace College,University of Queensland |
Anita Monro is an Australian academic,theologian,and Uniting Church in Australia minister. She is a former principal of Grace College,located on the St Lucia campus. [1] She is also an Honorary Senior Fellow,in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,at the University of Queensland. [2]
Monro completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland,a Bachelor of Letters (Honours) at Deakin University,a Bachelor of Theology from the Brisbane College of Theology,and a Doctor of Philosophy at Griffith University in 1999. [3] [2] Her doctoral thesis,based on the work of French philosopher Julia Kristeva was titled,Subjecting ambiguity:towards a poststructuralist feminist theological methodology. [1] [4] Her doctoral supervisor was Australian theologian Elaine Wainwright. [5]
Monro has taught in the disciplines of Biblical Studies (Hermeneutics),Systematic Theology,Practical Theology (Liturgy) and Philosophy at Brisbane College of Theology,Sydney College of Divinity,and United Theological College (Sydney) (2003–2009),which was affiliated with Charles Sturt University (School of Theology). [5]
Monro has published in the areas of Christian theology,public worship and feminist theology,with a particular focus on the Australian context. [2] [6]
Monro is a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church in Australia,and was ordained on 10 December 1988. She has served congregations in both Queensland and New South Wales. [6] She has also served on National Working Groups on Worship and Doctrine and Gospel and Gender. [7] [3] She contributed to the Uniting Church's worship book,Uniting in Worship 2,published in 2005. [6] In 2012,she was a candidate for president elect for the Uniting Church in Australia. [8]
Monro has been a member of the four-person editorial collective for the Seachanges journal since its inception. [5]
In addition to being an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Queensland,Monro was the Principal of Grace College,a residential college,which has links to the Uniting Church,the Presbyterian Church and the University of Queensland. [1] [2]
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