Marita Munro | |
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Born | 1955 |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | academic, church historian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | A Struggle for Identity and Direction: A History of Victoria Baptists (c. 1960-c.2000) (2010) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Church history |
Sub-discipline | Baptist studies |
Institutions | University of Divinity |
Main interests | Baptist history and Australian religious history |
Website | www |
Marita Munro (born 1955) is an Australian minister and academic who was the first Baptist woman to be ordained in Australia. [1] [2]
Munro was born in Queensland. [3] She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. [3] In 1975,she moved to Victoria to study theology at Whitley College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the Melbourne College of Divinity (now known as the University of Divinity). [3]
Munro has a Diploma of Education from La Trobe University. She has a Masters in Theology from the International Baptist Theological Studies Seminary in Switzerland. Her thesis was titled The Theology and Practice of the Lord's Supper in the Writings of Balthasar Huebmaier. [3]
Munro also has a Master of Arts from the University of Melbourne. Her thesis is titled A History of the House of the Gentle Bunyip,1975-1996. [4] [3]
Munro completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne. Her doctoral thesis was titled "A Struggle for Identity and Direction":A History of Victoria Baptists (c.1960-c.2000). [3]
Munro was ordained at Collins Street Baptist Church on 1 October 1978 at age 23,making her the first woman Baptist minister ordained in Australia. [2] She pastored at the House of the Gentle Bunyip Christian Community and Clifton Hill Baptist Church. [3] She also taught at two Melbourne high schools. [3]
Munro joined the faculty of Whitley College in 1995 and is a lecturer in Baptist Studies and Church History. [3] [5] She is the President of the Victoria Baptist Historical Society. [6]
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