CURRICULUM VITAE of
Mary Grey, dean of studies

Name: Mary Cecilia Grey

Address: West Mill, Fullerton Road, Wherwell, Hampshire SP11 7JS.

Born: 16.6.41 at Houghton-le-Spring, Co.Durham, UK.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS/ Higher Education

1959 Genner Exhibition to Anne’s College, Oxford.

1959-63 BA Hons in Literae Humaniores, (1)University of Oxford, (Upper Second).

1965 MA (Oxon).

1973-4 Diploma in Pastoral Catechetics, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

1974-77 MA in Religious Studies and STB in Theology, University of Louvain, Belgium - Magna cum Laude.

1987 Ph.D in Theology, Louvain , Belgium - Summa cum Laude.

Academic Posts

1963-65 St Mary’s Convent Grammar School, Middlesborough- Classics and Religious Education.

1966 St Mary’s Convent Grammar School, Middlesborough: English Literature and Religious Education.

1974-79 British School of Brussels, Tervuren, Belgium:

1980 Haberdashers’ Aske, Teacher of Classics

1980-89 St Mary’s College of Higher Education, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, (University of Surrey), Department of theology:

1988-1993 Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands:

Courses taught:

1993-97 Professor of Contemporary Theology, University of Southampton, based at La Sainte Union College.

2001 Scholar-in-Residence, Sarum College, Salisbury; Visiting Professor, University of Southampton.

September 1998-2000: Honorary Professor, University of Wales, St David’s, Lampeter.

1998 April-June Alexander Robertson Lecturer, University of Glasgow.

1999 July. Guest Lecturer, Gradate theology Programme, St Michael’s College, Vermont, USA.

From 2000 October 1st to present - D.J.James Professor of Pastoral Theology, University of Wales, Lampeter.

2002 Honorary Fellow of Sarum College, Salisbury.

PUBLICATIONS: 1. BOOKS

1983 In Search of the Sacred: Sacraments and Parish Renewal. Wheathampstead, Anthony Clarke.

1987 Christian Feminist Spirituality of Redemption as Mutuality- in- Relation, (Doctoral Thesis, University of Louvain).

1989 Redeeming the Dream: Feminism, Redemption and Christian Tradition, London, SPCK. (USA Edition: Twenty Third Publications, Mystic, Conn., 1990; Dutch edn., De Verlossing van de Droom, Kampen, Kok, 1991).

1991 From Barriers to Community: the Challenge of the Gospel for a Divided Society, (London, Harper Collins).

1993 The Wisdom of Fools? Seeking Revelation for Today, (London, SPCK) Short-listed for Harper Collins Religious Book Prize.

1997 a Prophecy and Mysticism: The Heart of the Post-modern Church, Edinburgh, (T.& T. Clark).

1997 b Beyond the Dark Night- a Way forward for the Church? (London, Cassell).

2000 The Outrageous Pursuit of Hope - Prophetic Dreams for the 21st Century, (London: Darton, Longman and Todd).

2001 Feminist Images of the Divine, (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press).

2003 Sacred Longings: Ecofeminist theology and Globalisation, (London: The SCM Press)

2004 The Unheard Scream- the Struggles of Dalit Women in India, (New Delhi: centre for Dalit studies).

PUBLICATIONS 2. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1992

1993-4

1995

1997

1999

2000 - 2001

2003

2004

PUBLICATION S 3. EDITED WORKS

1994 Ecofeminism and Theology, Yearbook of the European Society of Women in Theological Research, Vol II (with Elizabeth Green), (Mainz: Grunewald, Kampen:Kok)

1994-6 Theology in Green.

1994 Reclaiming Vision: Proceedings of the First Summer School, LSU, Southampton.

1995 The Candles are Still Burning: Essays in honor of Christianne Brusselmans, (London, Geoffrey Chapman), with Andrée Heaton and Danny Sullivan.

1996 Women Resisting Violence- A Spirituality for life, (Maryknoll, Orbis), with Mary John Mananzan, Mercy Oduyoye et al.

1996 Liberating Vision: Proceedings of the Second Summer School, LSU, Southampton.

1997-2001 Ecotheology, (successor to Theology in Green), Sheffield Academic Press.

Introducing Feminist Theology series, Vols 15, (with Lisa Isherwood, Janet Wootton), Sheffield Academic Press, (date of publication, July 1998 onwards).

PUBLICATIONS 4. ARTICLES
( a selection from, as these are numerous)

1983 "The Catechumenate and the French Experience" in New Review, Vol.1, nr.3, pp.14-15.

1985 "Marc Chagall and the Feast of Fools: Fantasy and Liturgical Celebration" in New Review, Vol 3, nr.2, pp.30-32.

1986 " God, Feminism and Sexuality" in Religious Life Review, Vol.25, (May-June), pp.207-210.

1987 "Liturgy and Justice- a Need for Education" in Celebrating One World, CAFOD, /St Thomas More Centre, pp.11-12.

1989

"Weaving New Connections: The Promise of Feminist Process Thought for Christian Theology", Inaugural Lecture, Catholic University of Nijmegen.

"Naar Nieuwe Verbondenheid: Feministisch Proces Denken als Belofte voor Theologie", in Tijdschrift voor Theologie, Vol 29, nr.2, pp.114-130.

"Feminist Images of Redemption in Education" in British Journal of Education, Vol 12., 1, pp.20-28.

"Reclaiming Mary - a Task for Feminist Theology", in The Way, Vol.29, nr.4, pp.334-340.

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

PUBLIC LECTURES, CONFERENCES, SERMONS

(from 1989)

1989

February "Weaving New Connections: The Promise of Feminist Process Thought for Christian Theology", Inaugural Lecture, Chair: Feminisme en Christendom, University of Nijmegen.

April. Holy Week Sermons, All Saints Church of England, Wokingham, Berkshire.

April. "The Core of our Desire: Re-imaging Trinity", Lustrum Congress, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

June

July

September

"Augustine and the Heritage of Guilt" at the Conference of Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain, Leeds.

October

" Living the Sacrifice: the Rejection of the Divine Feminine in the work of Julia Kristeva", University of Nijmegen, Symposium on Deconstruction.

November

"Claiming Power-in Relation - but with Whom?" Lecture at AGM of Women in Theology and Catholic Women’s Network, London.

1990

January "Redeeming the Dream of Creation", Lecture, Renew Movement, Guildford.

March. "A Time to Weep. A Time to Laugh: Carnival as Challenge to Jewish-Christian dialogue", Cardinal Bea Memorial Lecture, Westminster Cathedral.

June "The Eucharist and the Festival of Human Liberation", Salisbury Cathedral Liturgical Festival, Return of the Angels.

July. "From Division to Vision: Keynote Lecture, European Ecumenical Forum of Women, University of York.

August. "Commitment, Freedom and Transformation - in an Ethic of Connection", International Grail Movement, Amsterdam.

November. The Bazuin Lecture, Dominican Church, Amsterdam: "Listening to Other Voices- A Liberation for the Church?".
"Atonement in Feminist Theology", Conference of Reformed Pastors, Driebergen-Zeist, the Netherlands.

1991

January "Women’s Spirituality - a Lost Dimension?" Conference of The National Retreat Movement, London.

February "Ethics of connection - or Politics of Difference? Interdisciplinary conference, "Who’s Afraid of Femininity?" University of Nijmegen.
"God and Guilt". Lecture, St Thomas More Academy, Amsterdam.

March

"Exploring the Ethics of Connection", Lecture Begeleiding Centrum Voor Vrouwen, Eindhoven.

"Women and the Dream of Creation", Lecture at Interfaith Seminar, Westminster Diocese, London. (Also co-ordinated the seminar).

1991

April. "Ethics of Connection": Presentation at Feminist Theology Seminar, University of Cambridge, Society for the Study of Theology.
"Charity or Right Relation?" Theological Consultation, Project, Bijstandsvrouwen, Utrecht.

1992

"Falling into Freedom -Images of Sin in Contemporary Society", Society for the Study of Theology Conference, University of Utrecht.

1993

"From Cultures of Silence to Cosmic-Justice-making: A Way forward for Theology?" Inaugural Lecture, University of Southampton, October 13th.

1994

November. Panel: Feminist Liberation Theology and Violence Against Women, American Academy of Religion, Chicago.

December. "The Shaking of the Foundations -Again! Culture and The Future of Theology", The Von Hugel Lecture, University of Cambridge
* Dialogue: A Spirituality for Life: Women Struggling against Global Violence, San Jose, Costa Rica, at the invitation of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians.(Also co-ordinated the European Women’s Response)

1995

February. "A Vanished Integrity? Epiphanies of Grace in a Fragmented World", The First Anne Spencer Memorial Lecture, St Paul’s Church, Bristol.
"The Dark night of the Church- Seeking an Ecclesiology of Hope", Open Synod Conference, Salisbury.

March. "Women, whom Do You Say that I am ?" Lecture, Divinity School, University of Oxford.
"The Shaking of the Foundations -Again!" St Thomas Aquinas Feast Day Lecture, University of Louvain, Belgium.

April. "Creation and Liberation in the Writings of Hildegarde of Bingen", International Hildegarde Network, King Alfred’s College, Winchester.

May. "Silence in Heaven: Where is God in the Face of Disaster?" Irish Theological Association, Dublin.
"Come Holy Spirit", The Academic Sermon, University of Oxford.

June. "Till We Have Faces: Feminist Theology as Culture Critique of the New Europe", Winton Lecture, King Alfred’s College, Winchester.

July. "Feminist Theology and the Re-Formation of Europe", Annual MTh Lecture, Westminster College, Oxford.

August. "Redeeming God’s Dream in today’s World,"(4 Lectures), Northumbria Summer School", MinsterAcres, Northumberland.

1996

February. "Women, Whom Do You Say that I Am?" Lecture,"Images of Christ -Ancient and Modern, Conference, London, Roehampton Institute

April. Sermon: "Threatened with Resurrection", St Andrew’s University, Scotland.

May. "Phoebe’s Children in Confusion": Lecture, Dorset Study Group on Women’s Ordination

July. "Empowered by a Vulnerable God: Sophia’s Daughters Blaze a Trail", Keynote Lecture, European Women’s Synod, Gmünden, Austria September.
"Whither Feminist Theology? Approaching the Millennium", Webster’s Lecture, London.

October. Guest Lecture: University of Lund, Sweden: "The Roots and Wings of a Relational Theology".

November. "Weep not for me but for yourselves and for your Children", Lecture: Mill Hill Institute, London.

December 2nd-7th. Scottish Journal of Theology Lecture Series: "Gather the Fragments; The Prophetic and Mystical Heart of Community". (University of Aberdeen, Scotland).

December 7th. "A Vulnerable God", Lecture, Catholic Women’s Network, Edinburgh.

December 13th. " Theology, Spirituality and the Curriculum," Church Colleges Symposium, Engaging the Curriculum,LSU, Southampton.

1997

January. "How can University Education Empower Poor women?" Seminar: University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

March. "The Roots and Wings of Green Theology", Radical Theology series, Mansfield College, University of Oxford.

April. Lecture: University of Durham, "Where Shall Wisdom be Found" series.

July. "A Theology of Connectedness", (Montgomery Lecture),Interfaith Centre, Ipswich.
"An Ecological Theology of Church", The Keene Lecture, Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford.

August. "New Directions in Theological Education", Degree Ceremony, Southern Dioceses Ministry, St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury.

September. "The Other as Mystery,"Jewish-Christian dialogue, Rome.

October. Response to Tissa Balasuriya, St Martin in the Fields, Church, London.
"God and Time", Wey Institute Lecture, Guildford.
Dora Turbin Memorial Lecture, Crewe. God and Vulnerability

November. Chaplaincy Lecture, University of Brighton.

1998

February. Wisdom and Prophecy - Where are they Found? Lecture to AGM of Justice and Peace commission, Diocese of Brentwood. March
"Community and Salvation -From Holy Well to Holy Waitrose," Lincoln Theological Lectures.
"The Return of Sophia- Feminist Theology’s Challenge to Theological Education", Chaplaincy Lecture, Roehampton Institute.
Consultation: Kairos Europa, Heidelberg, Germany

April. Biblical input at Industrial Chaplains’ Conference, Swanwick.

July. Led a week’s course on "Beyond the Dark Night" for the Iona community’s summer Programme.

1999

January. "God the Father in the context of Caribbean Theology," Conference of Catholic Theologians on the Island of st Vincent, the Caribbean.

May. "Women’s Ordination -Seeking a New Approach," Catholic Women’s Ordination, (CWO), AGM.

July. Women’s Jewish - Christian Dialogue, Kiev, The Ukraine: Destruction and Renewal - led Dialogue.

August. Lecture: "A Cow for Martha - a Computer for Hilary: Women’s Visions of economy and Spirituality," European Women’s Academy, Zurich.

September. "Nourishing the Spirit- Grace and Resources in Theological Education," Lectures at ACATE Conference, Ushaw College, Durham. Also led day before for Women’s Group: "Discovering Sophia in the Ruins of the Patriarchal Paradise".
Lecture to the Diocese of Leicester clergy, "Spirit, Science and society".

October.

November. Course on Ecospirituality at Wimborne, Dorset (4 Lectures).

December. "Women, Poverty and Liberation in Rural Rajasthan", Postgraduate seminar at the University of Edinburgh.

2000

February. Lecture: "Ecofeminism and Christian Theology," Newman College, Birmingham - Conference of bishops’ committee on the environment.

March.

2002

September: Led Study week at Iona Abbey, Scotland.

2003

April: Led Easter Programme at Holy Rood House, Centre for Theology and Health, Thirske.

Examination boards/ Doctoral supervision (Recent Experience)

From September 1988- May1993:

Supervising and co-supervising doctoral theses at the University of Nijmegen, Amsterdam and Groningen, The Netherlands.

September 1993-96:

September 1993-1999

supervising M.Phil/Ph.D students registered at the University of Southampton.

September 2001-

PHD supervisions, University of Wales.

For the last 8 years I have acted as external examiner for Ph.D students across diverse institutions.

Consultancy and Administrative Experience from 1990

1989-1991. President, European Society of Women in Theological Research. Currently co-ordinator of the Subject Group in Liberation Theology.

1994—7. Director, Centre for Contemporary Theology, University of Southampton, LSU.

1990-94. Preparatory work for dialogue with Third World Theologians at Costa Rica, where I co-ordinated the European response.

Sept.1993-4. Member of Executive, Catholic Institute of International Relations.

Sept.1994-7. Chair, University of Southampton School of Theology and Religion. Concurrently member of Board of Studies of STETS, (Southern Diocese Theological and Education Training Scheme).

Sept.97 – 2000. Member of Sarum College Council.

From 1987. Co-Founder and Trustee, Wells for India.

Member of Advisory Boards: Concilium, Theology and Sexuality, Louvain Studies, Journal of Theological Education

Member of Catholic Theologians Association, European Catholic theologians, Society for the Study of Theology.

Patron of BISFT, European Women’s College.

Personal

I am married to Dr Nicholas Grey and we have four children, Clare, Eleanor, Stephen and Benedict. In 1987 we founded the charity Wells for India, which focuses on bringing water to a drought-stricken area of the Indian desert. We visit regularly and I have been able to link with women scholars in different parts of India. My interests are hill-walking, local history, writing poetry, exploring old Churches and playing the violin.

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