Mary Ann Beavis |
- Professor, Religion & Culture
- St. Thomas More College
- 1437 College Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W6
- Phone: 306.966.8044
- mbeavis@stmcollege.ca
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Education | Research Interests | Research Projects | Selected Publications
Teaching Responsibilities | Administrative Responsibilities |
Education |
- Ph.D., University of Cambridge
- M.A., University of Notre Dame
- M.A., University of Manitoba
- B.Ed., University of Manitoba
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Research Interests |
- Christian Origins
- Religion and Popular Culture
- Women and Religion
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Research Projects |
- Commentary on the Gospel of Mark for Baker Academic Press.
- Co-editing a Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture for Baylor University Press
- Essay on secular Canadian Christ figures.
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Selected Publications and Presentations |
- Edited work, with Elaine Guillemin and Barbara Pell, Feminist Theology with a Canadian Accent: Canadian Contextual Feminist Theology (Ottawa: Novalis, 2008).
- Edited with Moira Day, Special Issue on Religion and Theatre in Canada, Theatre Research in Canada 27,3 (2006).
- Jesus and Utopia: Looking for the Kingdom of God in the Roman Empire (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006).
- “I Commend to You Our Sister: Women in Romans 16.” The Bible Today 45 (July 2008).
- “Christian Origins, Egalitarianism and Utopianism.” Journal for the Feminist Study of Religion 23.2 (2007) 27-50.
- "Jesus of Canada? Four Canadian Constructions of the Christ Figure." In Ellen Leonard and Kate Merriman, eds., From Logos to Christos: Essays on Christology in Honour of Joanne McWilliam, 19-37. Editions SR. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010.
- "Pseudapocrypha: Invented Scripture in Apocalyptic Horror Films." In John Walliss and Lee Quinby, eds. Reel Revelations: Apocalypse and Film, 75-90. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010.
- "Jezebel Speaks: Naming the Goddesses in the Book of Revelation." In Amy-Jill Levine, ed. A Feminist Companion to the Apocalypse of John. 131-46. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
- "Five Filmic Utopias at the Turn of the Millenium," Journal of Contemporary Thought, Special Number: Utopias Today! 31 (Summer 2010) 203-22.
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Teaching Responsibilities |
- Courses in biblical and cognate studies: RLST 219, 253, 254, 359, 363, 365
- Courses in religion and gender: RLST 220, 303, 359
- Courses in bible and culture: RLST 219, 365
- Graduate supervision
- Graduate courses as required
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Administrative Responsibilities |
- Head, Department of Religion and Culture
- Graduate Chair, Department of Religion and Culture
- Catholic Studies Working Group
- Academic Planning Team
- Professional and Community Service Committee
- Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of Faculty Duties
- Strategic Planning Team #1
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