Early life and education
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. Her doctoral thesis, based on the work of French philosopher Julia Kristeva was titled, ''Subjecting ambiguity: towards a poststructuralist feminist theological methodology''. Her doctoral supervisor was Australian theologian Elaine Wainwright.Career
Monro has taught in the disciplines of Biblical Studies (Hermeneutics), Systematic Theology,Selected works
Books
* Stephen Burns and Anita Monro eds. (2015). ''Public theology and the challenge of feminism''. Gender, theology, and spirituality, Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. * Stephen Burns and Anita Monro eds. (2009). ''Christian worship in Australia: inculturating the liturgical tradition''. Strathfield, NSW, Australia: St Pauls Publications. * Monro, Anita (2006). ''Resurrecting erotic transgression: subjecting ambiguity in theology''. London & Oakville: Equinox Publishing.Book chapters
* Monro, Anita J. (2021). A Kaleidoscopic Vessel Sailing on a Kyriarchal Ocean: The Third Wave Feminist Theologies of Women-Church (1987-2007). In: ''Theological and Hermeneutical Explorations from Australia: Horizons of Contextuality''. (pp. 25–42) edited by Jione Havea. Lanham, Maryland, United States: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing. * Monro, Anita (2020). Grace-fully engaging young adults. In: ''Open and relational leadership: leading with love''. (pp. 225–229) edited by Roland Hearn, Sheri D. Kling and Thomas Jay Oord. Grasmere, ID, United States: SacraSage Press. * Ayre, Clive W., Bookless, Dave, Geyer, Colleen, Monro, Anita and Reichardt, David (2016). Ecology and service (Diakonia): Putting words into action. In: ''The Church in God's Household: Protestant Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ecology''. (pp. 54–74) edited by Clive W. Ayre and Ernst M. Conradie. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Cluster Publications. * Burns, Stephen and Monro, Anita (2015). Which public?: inspecting the house of public theology. In: ''Public theology and the challenge of feminism''. (pp. 1–14) edited by Stephen Burns and Anita Monro. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. * Monro, Anita (2014). A thin piercing lament: the call of God to Elijah in/to/for community. In: ''Witness the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ: papers in honour of Dean Drayton''. (pp. 162–172) edited by Christopher C. Walker. Unley, SA, Australia: MediaCom Education. * Monro, Anita (2014). Of frogs, eels, women, and pelicans: the myth of Tiddalik and the importance of ambiguity in baptismal identity for the contemporary Christian church. In: ''Worship and Culture: Foreign Country or Homeland?''. (pp. 320–334) edited by Gláucia Vasconcelos Wilkey. Grand Rapids, MI, United States: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. * Monro, Anita (2010). 'And ain’t I a woman': the phronetic dramaturgy of feeding the family. In: ''Presiding Like A Woman''. (pp. 123–132) edited by Nicola Slee and Stephen Burns. London UK: SPCK Publishing. * Monro, Anita (2010). Pursuing feminist research: perspectives and methodologies. In: ''Researching practice: a discourse on qualitative methodologies''. (pp. 289–298) edited by Joy Higgs, Nita Cherry, Rob Macklin and Rola Ajjawi. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. * Monro, Anita (2001) When the "Good" is Not Enough: The Jouissance of Watching/Reading from/for the Subjection of Ambiguity, In: Biezeveld, Kune, and Anne-Claire Mulder. In: ''Towards a Different Transcendence : Feminist Findings on Subjectivity, Religion, and Values''. Religions and Discourse, V. 9. Oxford: P. Lang, 2001.Journal articles
* Monro, Anita (2017). :It's such a shame you're not in a Congregation!": Reclaiming the Ordered Ministry of the Word in the Uniting Church. ''Uniting Church Studies'', 21 (1), 31-38. * Monro, Anita (2014). Experiencing good worship?. ''Liturgy'', 29 (2), 9-13. * Monro, Anita and Somasundram, Drene (2013). "Thirdspace’ engenders theological education." ''The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society'', 2 (3), 55-68. * Monro, Anita (2010). "A View from the Antipodes. Juxtaposing dingo and baby: a consideration of the cycle of light in the Australian summer." ''Studia Liturgica'', 40 (1-2), 94-101. * Monro, A (2001). "Deconstruction, feminist theology, and the problem of difference: Subverting the race/gender divide". ''Australian Feminist Studies'', 16 (35), 254-255.References
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