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Marcella Althaus-Reid

Born

in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

May 11, 1952

Died

February 20, 2009

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Gay & Lesbian, Social Sciences

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Marcella Althaus-Reid was Professor of Contextual Theology at New College, University of Edinburgh. When appointed, she was the only woman professor of theology at a Scottish University, and the first woman professor of theology at New College in its 160 year history.

She graduated with a Bachelor in Theology Degree from ISEDET, the Protestant University Institute in Buenos Aires. She completed her Ph.D at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her interests included Liberation Theology, Feminist theology and Queer Theology.

Prof Althaus-Reid died on Friday 20 February 2009, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 346 ratings · 43 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics 4.26 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queer God 4.11 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trans/Formations by Marcella Althaus-Reid (Editor), Elizabeth Stuart (Contributor), Malcolm Himschoot (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sexual Theologian: Essays on Sex, God and Politics (Queering Theology Series) by Lisa Isherwood, Marcella Althaus-Reid (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberation Theology and Sexuality 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Controversies in Body Theology by Marcella Althaus-Reid (Editor/Contributor), Lisa Isherwood (Editor/Contributor), Beverley Clack 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Possible World by Marcella Althaus-Reid, Iván Petrella, Luiz Carlos Susin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concilium 2008/1 Homosexualities by Marcella Althaus-Reid, Regina Ammicht Quinn (Editor), Erik Borgman (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Controversies in Contextual Theology (5 books)
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Marcella Althaus-Reid (Editor),

Elizabeth Stuart (Contributor),

Malcolm Himschoot (Contributor),

Lewis Reay (Contributor),

John Clifford (Contributor),

Marcella Althaus-Reid (Editor),

Susannah Cornwall (Contributor),

Hannah Buchanan (Contributor),

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“In theology, and in revolutionary theology, it is discontinuity and not continuation which is most valuable and transformative, so the location of excluded areas in theology is crucial. For instance, poverty and sensuality as a whole has been marginalised from theology. Why does a theology from the poor need to be sexually neutral, a theology of economics which excludes their desires? And what do those desires tell us about Christ in Latin America? The gap between Liberation Theology and Postcolonial Theory is one of identity and consciousness, but the gap between a Feminist Liberation Theology and an Indecent Theology is one of sexual honesty.”
― Marcella Althaus-Reid, Indecent Theology

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“poor people are presented in the Theology of Liberation as decent, that is, asexual or monogamous heterosexual spouses united in the holy sacrament of marriage, people of faith and struggle who do not masturbate, have lustful thoughts at prayer times, cross-dress, or enjoy leather practices. However, if we keep falsifying human relationships in the name not only of God (a habit to which we have grown accustomed) we must remember that we do it also in our love for justice.”
― Marcella Althaus-Reid, Indecent Theology

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“Should a woman keep her pants on in the streets or not? Shall she remove them, say, at the moment of going to church, for a more intimate reminder of her sexuality in relation to God? What difference does it make if that woman is a lemon vendor and sells you lemons in the streets without using underwear? Moreover, what difference would it make if she sits down to write theology without underwear? The Argentinian woman theologian and the lemon vendors may have some things in common and others not. In common, they have centuries of patriarchal oppression, in the Latin American mixture of clericalism, militarism and the authoritarianism of decency, that is, the sexual organisation of the public and private spaces of society. However,”
― Marcella Althaus-Reid, Indecent Theology

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