Religion:Magdalene (newsletter)
| |Subject |Discipline}} | Christianity studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1973–1987 |
| Publisher | Christian Women Concerned (Australia) |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Magdalene |
| Indexing | |
| OCLC no. | 173323146 |
Magdalene: A Christian Newsletter for Women was an Australian Christian feminist magazine published by the Sydney group Christian Women Concerned.
Fifteen volumes of the title were published over a 10-year period, Volume 1 (May 1973)-3/4 1987.[1]
The group Christian Women Concerned had been formed in 1968 and was the first explicitly religious feminist organisation in Australia.[2] It was founded by a small ecumenical group of feminist scholars that included Marie Tulip, Dorothy McRae-McMahon and Jean Skuse. They sought to bring women together and make feminism more generally acceptable in an environment where the women's liberation movement was seen by some as a threat to families.[3][4]
Christian Women Concerned began publishing Magdalene in 1973 as a way to disseminate their views more widely. The magazine covered a broad range of topics in the fields of feminism and religion. Marie Tulip was one of the magazine's founding editors as well as being a regular contributor.[2] Jean Gledhill noted that Magdalene "started as a vehicle for women to tell their own stories – stories growing out of the oppression which they had experienced in the church, in domestic life, in their work and in society at large."[5]
Australian sociologist of religion and gender Kathleen McPhillips noted that Magdalene "was a powerful forum for discussion, change and creativity reflecting the early challenges of second wave feminism and its extensive social justice program."[6]
After Magdalene ceased publication in 1987 the members of Christian Women Concerned recognised and supported the development of a new Australian Christian feminist journal. Women-Church: an Australian journal of feminist studies in religion commenced publication in 1987.[6]
Access
Mannix Library in East Melbourne has digitised all issues of the title and made it available via the University of Divinity's Digital Collections website[7] and on JSTOR Open Community Collections.[8]
References
- ↑ Christian Women Concerned (Sydney, N.S.W.), ed (1973). Magdalene: a Christian newsletter for women. Sydney: Christian Women Concerned. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/650500.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Melbourne, The University of. "Tulip, Marie - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia" (in en-gb). http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0457b.htm.
- ↑ Melbourne, The University of. "Christian Church Workers - Theme - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia" (in en-gb). http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0033b.htm.
- ↑ McRae, -McMahon Dorothy. "Christian Women Concerned". Women-Church: An Australian Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (40): 17–21. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.200709486.
- ↑ Gledhill, Jean. "Launching Women-Church". Women-Church Journal 2 Autumn 1988: 6. https://divinity.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p20081coll11/id/6/rec/2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 McPhillips, Kathleen (2000). "Reflections on Feminist Publishing in an Australian Context". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 16 (1): 112–120. ISSN 8755-4178. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002384.
- ↑ "University of Divinity Digital Collections". https://divinity.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p20081coll22.
- ↑ "Magdalene". https://www.jstor.org/site/university-of-divinity/magdalene/.
External links
- Magdalene on JSTOR Open Community Collections, University of Divinity Digital Collections, Mannix Library
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