Elaine Wainwright
{{Short description|Australian theologian (1948–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox academic
|name=Elaine Wainwright
|title=Professor in Theology (retired)
|alma_mater=École Biblique, Jerusalem
|discipline=Feminist approaches to Biblical Studies
|workplaces=University of Auckland}}
Elaine Mary Wainwright (1948–2024) {{cite web | url=https://library.ctsnet.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=58312 | title=Wainwright, Elaine Mary, 1948- (Personal Name) › Authority search › John Bulow Campbell Library catalog }} was an Australian theologian and biblical scholar. Wainwright was Richard Maclaurin Goodfellow Professor in Theology at the University of Auckland until her retirement at the end of 2014. She is known for her feminist scholarship in Matthew's gospel, and work on gender and healing within the Graeco-Roman world. Some of her most recent publications are The Bible in/and Popular Culture: A Creative Encounter (SBL, 2010), Women Healing/Healing Women: the Genderisation of Healing in Early Christianity (Equinox, 2006), and Shall We Look for Another: A Feminist Re-reading of the Matthean Jesus (Orbis, 1998). Wainwright initially studied at the University of Queensland and then obtained a master's degree at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and a PhD at the École Biblique in Jerusalem.{{cite web|title=Elaine Wainwright|url=http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/the-media/ourstories/elaine-wainwright|publisher=University of Auckland|access-date=22 February 2013}}
As Professor Emerita of Auckland University, Elaine Wainwright RSM, was a member of the [https://institute.mercy.org.au/ Institute of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia and Papua New Guinea]{{Cite web|last=Divinity|first=University of|date=20 August 2018|title=Testament of Mentors: Feminist Engagement in Academia|url=https://vox.divinity.edu.au/news/testament-of-mentors-feminist-engagement-in-academia/|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Vox|language=en-GB}} and was the international coordinator of the Mercy International Reflection Process (MIRP) in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Enhancing the Mercy Global Presence in the Asia Pacific {{!}} Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia|url=https://institute.mercy.org.au/enhancing-the-mercy-global-presence-in-the-asia-pacific/|access-date=13 March 2021|website=Institute of Sisters of Mercy in Australia & Papua New Guinea}}
In 2024 Wainwright was honoured with a festschrift titled Habitats of the Basileia.{{cite web|title=Habitats of the Basileia: Essays in Honour of Elaine M. Wainwright|date=19 January 2024 |url=https://sheffieldphoenix.com/product/habitats-of-the-basileia-essays-in-honour-of-elaine-m-wainwright/|publisher=Sheffield Phoenix|access-date=16 March 2024}} Wainwright died peacefully on 5 July 2024. {{cite web | url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/funeral-notices/wainwright-elaine-mary/6221511/ | title=WAINWRIGHT, Elaine Mary | Funeral Notices | Brisbane, Toowoomba / Gatton }}
Selected works
= Books =
Wainwright, Elaine M. Habitat, Human, and Holy: An Eco-Rhetorical Reading of the Gospel of Matthew. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited, 2017.
———, Robert J. Myles and Carlos Olivares, Matthew: An Introduction and Study Guide: The Basileia of the Heavens Is Near at Hand. T & T Clark Study Guides to the New Testament. London: T&T Clark, 2017.
——— Women Healing/Healing Women: The Genderisation of Healing in Early Christianity. London: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Wainwright, Elaine, Luiz Carlos Susin and Felix Wilfred (eds). Eco-theology. London: SCM, 2009.
Wainwright, Elaine Mary. Shall We Look for Another? A Feminist Rereading of the Matthean Jesus. The Bible & Liberation. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1998.
——— Towards a Feminist Critical Reading of the Gospel According to Matthew. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, Inc., 1991.
= Articles =
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=In Memory of Her! Exploring the Political Power of Readings—Feminist and Ecological |journal=Feminist Theology |date=January 2015 |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=205–220 |doi=10.1177/0966735014555640 |s2cid=145161630 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=Crossing over; taking refuge: A contrapuntal reading |journal=HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies |date=20 February 2014 |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=6 pages |doi=10.4102/hts.v70i1.2720 |doi-access=free |hdl=2263/45104 |hdl-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine Mary |title='Ecological hermeneutics: reflections on methods and prospects for the future"' by David G. Horrell: a response |journal=Colloquium |volume=46 |issue=2 |year=2014 |pages=166–169 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=Images, Words and Stories: Exploring their Transformative Power in Reading Biblical Texts Ecologically |journal=Biblical Interpretation |date=2012 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=280–304 |doi=10.1163/156851512X651096 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine Mary |title=Reading Matt 21:12-22 Ecologically |journal=Australian Biblical Review |volume=60 |year=2012 |pages=67–79 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=On pilgrimage with biblical women in their land(s) |journal=HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies |date=6 June 2011 |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=7 pages |doi=10.4102/hts.v67i1.918 |doi-access=free |hdl=2263/17066 |hdl-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=Reading the Gospel of Matthew within the global context: A response |journal=HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies |date=5 November 2009 |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=2 pages |doi=10.4102/hts.v65i1.322 |doi-access=free |hdl=2263/13025 |hdl-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=Review of Matthew and the Margins: A Sociopolitical and Religious Reading (Bible and Liberation) |journal=The Catholic Biblical Quarterly |date=2002 |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=564–566 |jstor=43727480 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Wainwright |first1=Elaine M. |title=Reading Matthew 3-4: Jesus—Sage, Seer, Sophia, Son of God |journal=Journal for the Study of the New Testament |date=July 2000 |volume=22 |issue=77 |pages=25–43 |doi=10.1177/0142064X0002207702 |s2cid=162244474 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140820012428/http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/people/ewai003 Wainwright's staff profile] - University of Auckland
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