Tina Beattie (born 16 March 1955) is a British Christian

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, writer and broadcaster. Until August 2020, she was the Professor of

Catholic Studies Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on Biblical canon, canonical Catholic Bible, scripture, and sacred tradition, as interpreted authoritatively by ...

at the

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in London and Director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Religion, Society and Human Flourishing at the same university. In retirement, she is remaining Director of Catherine of Siena College at the University of Roehampton and is writing fiction. Beattie's theological contribution is notable in the areas of

Catholic theology Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on canonical scripture, and sacred tradition, as interpreted authoritatively by the magisterium of the Catholic ...

and

psychoanalytic theory Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology. First laid out by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century, psyc ...

;

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...

and

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

; Marian theology; theology and literature and art;

atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

and religion;

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

. She is a long-standing advocate of a more prominent role of

women in the Catholic Church Women play significant roles in the life of the Catholic Church, although excluded from the Catholic hierarchy of bishops, priests, and deacons. In the history of the Catholic Church, the church often influenced social attitudes toward women. Inf ...

Personal life and career

Beattie is the eldest of three daughters born to Charlie and Nan Bell. She was born in 1955 in

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parents and lived there for eighteen years, attending the Dominican Convent School in

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. Beattie also lived in

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Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...

and

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. She is married to Dave Beattie, and worked as a secretary before the birth of their four children (born in 1978, 1980, 1983, and 1986). In 1986, she converted to

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from

Presbyterianism Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

. After moving to

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with her family in 1988, she became a mature student at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in 1991, where she received a

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theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and religious studies. In 1998, she completed a

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on the theology and symbolism of the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

in the light of the

psycholinguistic Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects. The discipline is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind ...

theory of

Luce Irigaray Luce Irigaray (born 3 May 1930) is a Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst, and cultural theorist who examined the uses and misuses of language in relation to women. Irigaray's first and most well know ...

as a resource for the analysis of Christian writings on

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and

Eve Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...

in the

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and in recent

. Beattie lectured at the

and

Wesley College, Bristol Wesley College was a theological college in the Henbury area of Bristol, England, between 1946 and 2012. As the successor to an institution established in London in 1834, it was the oldest provider of theological education for the Methodist Church ...

, and also taught for the

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. She took up a full-time post at the

in 2002. She left her post as Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Roehampton in August 2020. She continues in her role as Director of Catherine of Siena College, based at the University of Roehampton. In retirement from active academic research, Beattie has focused on her "first and lifelong passion – to write fiction". Her first novel, ''The Good Priest'', was published in 2019.

Work and publications

Beattie's thesis on the theology and symbolism of the Virgin Mary in the light of the psycholinguistic theory of Luce Irigaray formed the basis of the book, ''God's Mother, Eve's Advocate'' (2002), and these ideas are further developed in ''New Catholic Feminism: Theology and Theory (2006). Over the years, she researched and published extensively in the areas of

and

(''Theology After Postmodernity: Divining the Void''); theologies and theories of gender and sexuality (''New Catholic Feminism: Theology and Theory''); the cult of the Virgin Mary (''God's Mother, Eve's Advocate''); the work of Swiss Catholic theologian

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from the perspectives of

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and

critical theory A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...

;

Christian mysticism Christian mysticism is the tradition of mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation f the personfor, the consciousness of, and the effect of ..a direct and transformative presence of God" ...

and spirituality; theological perspectives on literature and art; atheism and religion (''The New Atheists''); Catholic

moral theology Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy''"Ethics"/ref> A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life worth living or life that is simply sati ...

and social teaching; religion and

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and

. She wrote regularly for the Catholic weekly, ''

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,'' and ''

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'' newspaper, including an eight-part series on

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. She also presents the

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. She was a theological advisor to

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, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development; the President of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain (2006–08); a Director of the Catholic weekly, ''The Tablet.'' After realisation that the question of women's role in the Catholic Church was not among

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's priorities, Beattie founded an online community, Catholic Women Speak, in December 2014.

Controversies

The University of San Diego withdraws a lecture invitation

In October 2012, the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...

cancelled a visiting fellowship for Beattie following the pressure from financial contributors to the university who objected to the theologian's alleged public

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from the Church's moral teachings. She was scheduled to give a lecture on depiction of sin and redemption in art. The theologian issued a statement rejecting accusations in deviating from the doctrinal truths of the faith as based on serious distortions of her theological position through use of selective quotations out of their context. In the statement, Beattie explained her understanding of her own mission as a theologian and her beliefs: * Though an academic theologian and a practising Catholic, Beattie acknowledges not being a Catholic theologian "if that implies somebody with a licence who is authorised to teach by the official magisterium". She was aware of and always respected the difference between academic work and a theological work as an educator within the Catholic community. * Academic theologians must follow "Cardinal Newman's advice of seeking to promote an intellectual culture in which reason rather than

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is the basis for enquiry and research". In the Catholic tradition, reason and revelation enlighten each other: 'grace perfects nature'. Reason is not the enemy of faith. * She always and absolutely respected "the difference between the doctrinal truths of the faith, made knowable through revelation alone, and those truths which are arrived at by reason and which involve philosophical reflection informed by natural law and in engagement with other sources of human knowledge". She always defended the mysteries of faith: "they are the grammar of the Catholic faith and knit our community together across the time and space of our historical existence". She only questioned some of the Church's moral and social teachings informed by reason and natural law, "which according to Catholic tradition must be argued in such a way that Catholics are able to enter into dialogue and debate with non-Catholics on questions of shared concern and practice". * She finds deeply offensive being called

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by some bloggers. She is

pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...

, which in the theologian's understanding means not being able to endorse killing "as good or commendable act, whether it be abortion, war, capital punishment or euthanasia". This does not absolve pro-life Christians from engaging with "the complex and often tragic realities of human life", which means that "a rightful concern to minimise the incidence of abortion must be balanced against the knowledge that nearly 70,000 of the world's poorest women die every year as a result of illegal abortion, and many thousands more suffer serious long-term injury". * She acknowledges that the question of women's priesthood is of particular complexity, because it is rooted in revelation, and not the natural law tradition. However, since the teaching on women's ordination has never been pronounced infallible, theologians should be free to explore and debate it.

Bishops ban Beattie from speaking in their dioceses

On two occasions, on instructions from the

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, British

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banned Tina Beattie from speaking on Church properties in their

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s. In 2012,

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, canceled a lecture she was to give in

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. The theologian was told it was because she had been a signatory to a letter in ''

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'' arguing that Catholics could support

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in good conscience. In 2014, the

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, ordered to cancel an event at St Catherine's Convent, Edinburgh, where Beattie was due to speak on invitation of the Edinburgh Circle of the Newman Association. In reply to the Archbishop's claim of Beattie being "known to have frequently called into question the Church's teaching", the theologian responded: "Never in my published writings or talks have questioned any of the doctrinal mysteries of the Catholic faith." She claimed the lay Catholics have the right for a "more reasoned and nuanced public dialogue" about same-sex marriage.

Cafod defends Beattie's theological advisor role

Following signing an open letter to Polish bishops urging support for "early, safe and legal"

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by Beattie, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (

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) came under pressure to withdraw the role of a theological adviser from Beattie. In its statement, CAFOD said that the views in the letter "do not represent nor reflect CAFOD's policies", but refused to meet the demands.

Writings

Books

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Selected journal articles and book chapters

* * *'Mary, Mother of God and Model of a Pilgrim People' in Gavin D'Costa and Emma Harris (eds) ''The Second Vatican Council'' (London: Bloomsbury, T & T Clark, 2014) *'The Vanishing Absolute and the Deconsecrated God – a theological reflection on revelation, law, and human dignity' in Christopher McCrudden (ed.) ''Understanding Human Dignity'' (London and Oxford: British Academy and Oxford University Press, 2013) *'The Body Between Us: Towards an Incarnate Mysticism' in Louise Nelstrop and Simon Podmore (eds), Exploring Lost Dimensions in ''Christian Mysticism: Opening to the Mystical'' (Farnham, Surrey and Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2013) *'From Ethics to Eschatology: The Continuing Validity of the New Eve for Christian Doctrine and Discipleship' in Rob C. MacSwain et al. (eds) ''Theology, Aesthetics and Culture'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) *'Fragments: Reflections in a Shattered Screen', Political Theology, Vol. 12, No. 5, 2011: pp. 672–77 *'Catholicism, Choice and Consciousness: A Feminist Theological Perspective on Abortion', International Journal of Public Theology, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2010): pp. 51–75 *'Earth, Wind and Fire: Fenwick Lawson's Art', Art & Christianity, No. 57, Spring 2009 *'The End of Woman: Gender, God and Rights Beyond Modernity' in Patrick Claffey and Joseph Egan (eds), ''Movement or Moment?: Assessing Liberation Theology Forty Years after Medellín'' (Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Lang, 2009) *'Humanae Vitae: nature, sex and reason in conflict', The Pastoral Review, July 2008 *'From Rosaries to Rights – Towards an Integrated Catholicism' in Bernard Hoose, Julie Clague and Gerard Mannion (eds.) Moral Theology for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in ''Celebration of Kevin Kelly'' (London and New York: Continuum, 2008) *'"Justice enacted not these human laws" (Antigone): Religion, Natural Law and Women's Rights', Religion and Human Rights, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2008: pp. 249–267 *'Vision and Vulnerability: the significance of sacramentality and the woman priest for feminist theology' in Natalie Watson and Stephen Burns (eds) ''Exchanges of Grace: Essays in Honour of Ann Loades'' (London SPCK, 2008) *'Mary in Patristic Theology' in Sarah Jane Boss (ed.), ''Mary: The Complete Resource'' (London: Continuum, New York: Oxford University Press) *'Queen of Heaven' in Gerard Loughlin (ed.), ''Queer Theology: New Perspectives on Sex and Gender'' (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2007) *'Insight beyond Sight: Sacramentality and the Eucharist in the Isenheim Altarpiece', New Blackfriars, Vol. 88.1013, 2007: pp. 67–72 *'Redeeming Mary: The Potential of Marian Symbolism for Feminist Philosophy of Religion' in Pamela Sue Anderson and Beverley Clack (eds.), ''Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings'' (London: Routledge, 2003) *'Etty Hillesum: A Thinking Heart in a Darkened World' in Ursula King with Tina Beattie (eds), ''Spirituality and Society in the New Millennium'' (Sussex: Sussex Academic Press, 2001) *'Global Sisterhood or Wicked Stepsisters: Why Aren't Girls with God Mothers Invited to the Ball?' in Deborah Sawyer and Diane Collier (eds.), ''Is there a Future for Feminist Theology?'' (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) *'Carnal Love and Spiritual Imagination: Can Luce Irigaray and John Paul II Come Together?' in Jon Davies and Gerard Loughlin (eds.), ''Sex These Days: Essays on Theology, Sexuality and Society'' (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997) *'Sexuality and the Resurrection of the Body: Reflections in a Hall of Mirrors' in Gavin D'Costa (ed.), ''Resurrection Reconsidered'' (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1996)

Newspaper and magazine articles

Sex, Marriage and the Catholic Church
, ''The Guardian'', 8 October 2014 – article on being a Catholic and a feminist
Pope Francis has done little to improve women's lives
, ''The Guardian'', 27 August 2014 – article on Pope Francis's failure to address issues of maternal mortality and the impact of poverty on women's reproductive lives *'Let the Laity Be Heard', ''The Tablet'', 31 July 2014 – article on the International Theological Commission's document

Part of the Solution, not Part of the Problem
, ''The Tablet'', 8 May 2014 – article on the Holy See, the UN and population and development
Why British outcry at Oklahoma's botched execution rings tragically hollow
, The Tablet blog, 6 May 2014 – blog on drugs used in American executions and late abortion
Doorways to Faith – the Role of Mysticism and Sacramentality in Prayer
– reflection published in ''Independent Catholic News'' *'Towards the Shining City: Rural and Urban in the Easter Story', ''The Tablet'', 7 April 2012 – article on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
In the Balance
, ''The Tablet'', 5 June 2010 – article on the morality of abortion
'The Catholic Church's Scandal: Modern Crisis, Ancient Roots'
''Open Democracy'', 14 April 2010 – article on the sex abuse scandal
Antichrist: The Visual Theology of Lars von Trier
, ''Open Democracy'', 13 August 2009
Along the precipice: visions of atheism in London
, ''Open Democracy'', 6 November 2008 – article on Francis Bacon exhibition
An Immense Maternal Presence
, ''The Tablet'', 13 September 2008 – article on Lourdes
The dark (k)night of a postmodern world
, ''Open Democracy'', 21 August 2008 – article on ''The Dark Knight''
Simple Gaudete of a Complex Believer
, ''The Tablet'', 17 December 2005 – article on Andy Warhol
Feminism, Vatican-style
, The Tablet, 7 August 2004 – critique of the Vatican letter on women
Beauty Back on Camera
, ''The Tablet'', 26 February 2000 – article on the film ''American Beauty''

External links

University of Roehampton research profilePersonal website
*
Marginal Musings
' – a personal blog until 27 June 2016
A personal website
until July 2011
Tina Beattie at ''Open Democracy''Tina Beattie on BBCTina Beattie on ''The Guardian''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beattie, Tina 1955 births Living people English Roman Catholic theologians Women Christian theologians Roman Catholic writers Christian feminist theologians Christian continental philosophers and theologians Catholic Mariology 21st-century Roman Catholics Academics of the University of Roehampton Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism British expatriates in Zambia