Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies with the University of Divinity are pleased to host their annual conference 11-12 October 2019. Papers at the conference accompany plenary presentations by Seforosa Caroll (Sydney), Sally Douglas (Melbourne), Janice McRandal (Brisbane) and Nicola Slee (Birmingham/Amsterdam). The conference will envelop the annual Jan Gray Memorial Lecture also to be presented by Nicola Slee.
11-12 October, 2019
Pilgrim College
Friday October 11
10.00 WELCOME / Katharine Massam, and
PLENARY / Seforosa Carroll
“Speaking Up, Speaking Out!”
11.30 STREAMS * see blow for more detail
a. Just Covenants: Asha Brodel / Alex Jensen and Teash Taylor
b. Me/MeToo: Christy Capper / Maggie Kappelhoff
12.40 LUNCH
1.40 PRAYER / Nicola Slee
The Womb of God
2.10 PLENARY / Janice McRandal
“History Will Be Kind to Me for I Intend to Write It:
Authority, History, and Feminist Writing Practices”
3.40 AFTERNOON TEA
4.00 STREAMS
c. The Body: Kerrie Handasyde / Michelle Trebilcock
d: Alternatives/changes: Josephine Inkpin / Glen O’Brien
5.10 Close
ACFT are glad to work with the Jan Gray Memorial Committee to facilitate the evening:
6.00 JANETTE GRAY DINNER
7.00 JANETTE GRAY MEMORIAL LECTURE / Nicola Slee,
“Witnessing to What Remains, or, The Power of Persisting:
Power, Authority, and Love in the Interim Spaces”
Saturday October 12
(8.30 Optional Open Space / Coffee, tea and toast)
10.00 PLENARY / Sally Douglas
“The Problem with Powerlessness:
Attending to Power and Authority in Matthew’s Wisdom Christology”
11.30 STREAMS
e: Unmasking/imagining: Cathie Lambert / Katharine Massam
f: Shame and Forgiveness: Michelle Eastwood / Helena Kadmos
12.40 LUNCH
1.40 PRAYER / Nicola Slee
Christa, Our Sister
2.10 STREAMS
g: Gaps and Losses: Peter Kline / Rebekah Pryor
h: Catherine, Pamela and Paul: Brian Macallan / Sean Winter
3.20 AFTERNOON TEA
3.40 TABLE GROUPS
4.20 ENLACING / Nicola Slee
5.10 Close
Choosing in streams
At each break out for streamed presentations, participants have choices to make. Each streamed session involves four papers, and participants can hear two. Papers are 20 minutes, with 10 minutes of discussion and 5 minutes for turnabout.
STREAM A: JUST COVENANTS / Friday, 11.30-12.40
11.30 Dean (Asha) Brodel (Brave Network):
“Power, Sexuality, and Justice: What Do I Require of You?”
12.05 Anika Jensen (Uniting Church) and Katecia (Teash) Taylor
(Whitley Theological College, University of Divinity),
“Covenantal Relationships and Queer Bodies”
STREAM B: ME/ME TOO / Friday, 11.30-12.40
11.30 Christy Capper (Uniting College, Flinders University),
“‘This is Me’: A Feminist Theology of Authentic Selfhood”
12.05 Maggie Kappelhoff (OVC, University of Divinity),
“Common Ground: The Gift of Womanist Theology in the #MeToo Era”
STREAM C: THE BODY / Friday, 4.00-5.10
4.00 Kerrie Handasyde (Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity),
“The Body/the Body of Christ: Writings about Women Ministers and Negotiation of Authority”
4.35 Michelle Trebilcock (Brotherhood of St. Laurence),
“The Primacy of Body and Authorization of Priest”
STREAM D: ALTERNATIVES/CHANGES / Friday, 4.00-5.10
4.00 Josephine Inkpin (St. Francis College, Charles Sturt University),
“From Football to Matildas? Gender Diverse Persons and Theological Game Change”
4.35 Glen O’Brien (Eva Burrows College, University of Divinity),
“Selina, Countess of Huntingdon and an Alternative Methodist History”
STREAM E: UNMASKING/IMAGINING / Saturday, 11.30-12.40
11.30 Cathie Lambert (Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity),
“The Spiritual Director’s Role in ‘Unmasking’ Women’s Spiritual Authority”
12.05 Katharine Massam (Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity),
“How Could it Be Otherwise? Sacramental Imagination, Political Rites”
STREAM F: SHAME AND FORGIVENESS / Saturday, 11.30-12.40
11.30 Michelle Eastwood (Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity),
“Shame as Control Mechanism”
12.05 Helena Kadmos (Murdoch University),
“Writing the Image to Love and Forgiveness”
STREAM G: GAPS AND LOSSES / Saturday, 2.10-3.20
2.10 Peter Kline (St. Francis College, Charles Sturt University),
“Lose Your Mother: Writing Theology Without a Subject”
2.45 Rebekah Pryor (The University of Melbourne),
“Thinking, Dancing: Exploring the Gaps Between Ecstasy and Distress”
STREAM H: CATHERINE, PAMELA AND PAUL / Saturday, 2.10-3.20
2.10 Brian Macallan (Stirling Theological College, University of Divinity),
“Process and Power: Catherine Keller’s Theological Vision in Feminist Perspective”
2.45 Sean Winter (Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity),
“Re-thinking (the) Love/Command: Law, Authority and Love in the Philosophy of Pamela Sue Anderson and Paul’s Letter to the Galatians”
“I’d like to say that all theology is, or should be, feminist, in the sense that it takes seriously the insights, experiences, and gifts of women and girls. But self-evidently that’s not the case. There’s still a need for an intentional commitment to gender analysis and critique, alongside other critical perspectives such as post-colonial, queer, and body theologies, to name a few.”
Nicola Slee
Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies 