Biographies

Bridget Broadbent is a PhD student in the School of Social Science, Anthropology, Archaeology, Criminology and Sociology at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her thesis deals with the effects of Vatican II, the European Union and migration on the religious beliefs and practices of Irish women in Ireland and Australia.

Laurel Lanner has recently completed her doctorate in the Hebrew Bible at the University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her thesis explores the presence of the feminine in the book of Nahum, using theories of the literary fantastic to examine the possible meanings and purposes of these feminine elements.

Judith McKinlay is a lecturer in biblical studies at the University of Otago. She is currently exploring the intersection of gender, ethnicity and context in the texts of the Hebrew Bible.

Anne Musso is a lecturer in Religion Studies and Learning Management with the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton. Anne’s research interests include feminist theology, religious education and gender studies. Her doctoral thesis, Rainbows of Possibilities, explored the presence of difference in the theological discourses of a small group of Australian Catholic women.

Marie Porter is undertaking her PhD on Australian mothering in the 1950s and 1960s, at the University of Queensland, Australia. She has had several articles published and is interested in promoting the academic study of mothers/mothering/motherhood. She is a member of WSRT and the international Association for Research on Mothering based at York University, Toronto. Marie was a member of the committee that organised the first Australian academic conference on mothering in Brisbane in July 2001.

Elaine M. Wainwright is foundation professor of theology in the School of Theology at University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is currently researching healing in the Graeco-Roman world and early Christianity and its genderisation. A particular interest in her ongoing research is the researcher’s hermeneutical perspective.