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Susan Frank Parsons
BIOGRAPHY Elected President, Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, 2006; Appointed Special Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham 2004; Appointed Fellow of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology 2002-2005; Director of Pastoral Studies and Acting Principal of the Institute 2000-2002; Principal of the East Midlands Ministry Training Course, University of Nottingham 1990-1997; Vice-Principal of the East Midlands Ministry Training Course 1987-1990; Lecturer in Department of Literature, Languages and Philosophy, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham 1980-1985; Assistant Professor in Department of Religion, Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut USA, 1971-1975; PhD (1973) University of Durham; MA (1968) DePauw University, Greencastle Indiana USA. RESEARCH INTERESTS Ethics and ontology; fundamental theology and apologetics; questions in moral theology; theological anthropology; theology and philosophy in postmodernity; gender theory; feminist theology and ethics. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, Association of Teachers of Moral Theology, Societas Ethica, Society of Christian Ethics (USA), American Academy of Religion. PUBLICATIONS (since 1994) Books The Ethics of Gender, Blackwell, 2002. Feminism and Christian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 1996. Edited Books Co-editor of Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith and Reason, for SCM Press/University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming 2007. Co-editor of the English translation of Henri de Lubac's Corpus Mysticum, SCM Press/University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. Co-editor of Restoring Faith in Reason, a new translation into English of the Papal Encyclical Letter Fides et ratio together with a commentary and discussion, SCM Press/University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. Editor of The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Editor of Challenging Women's Orthodoxies in the Context of Faith, Ashgate, 2000. Contributions to Books 'Saving Concepts and the Reception of Nihilism' in Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith and Reason, SCM Press/University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming 2007. 'Domine non sum dignus' in The Liturgical Subject: Subject, subjectivity and the human person in contemporary liturgical discussion and critique, Dom James Leachman OSB (editor), SCM Press/University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming 2007. 'The Need in the Question of Pluralism' in Pluralismus in Europa: Ein Recht? Ein Markt? Ein Kultur?, Lit-Verlag, 2006. 'The Experience of Nihilism' in Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology, Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Congress of the Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology, Lieven Boeve et al (editors), Peeters, 2005. 'Ad Imaginem Dei: Is there a Moral Here?' in Authorising Marriage, Mark D Jordan (editor), Princeton University Press, 2005. 'Concerning Natural Law: The Turn in American Aquinas Scholarship' in Contemplating Aquinas: On the Varieties of Interpretation, Fr Fergus Kerr OP (editor), SCM Press, 2003. 'Feminist Theology as Dogmatic Theology' and 'Redeeming Ethics' in The Cambridge Comparion to Feminist Theology, Susan Frank Parsons (editor), Cambridge University Press, 2002. 'Preface' to new edition of Sexism and God-Talk by Rosemary Radford Ruether, SCM Press, 2002. 'Holiness Ungendered' in Holiness: Past and Present, Stephen C. Barton (editor), T & T Clark, 2002. 'The Relevance of Macmurray for a Feminist Theology of Action' in John Macmurray: Critical Perspectives, David Fergusson and Nigel Dower (editors), Peter Lang, 2002. articles on 'Moral Development', 'Femininity', 'Feminism' and 'Sexism' in Dictionary of Pastoral Studies, Wesley Carr (editor), SPCK, 2002. 'A Response' (to Paul Badham's argument for voluntary euthanasia) in Euthanasia and the Churches, Robin C. Gill (editor), Cassell, 1998. 'Feminist Ethics', chapter 9 of Basic Christian Ethics: An Introduction, Bernard Hoose (editor), Geoffrey Chapman, 1998. 'Wisdom and Natural Law: A Christian Feminist Enquiry' in Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?, Stephen C. Barton (editor), T & T Clark, 1998. 'Feminism and the Family' in The Family in Theological Perspective, Stephen C. Barton (editor), T & T Clark, 1996. 'Towards a Theology of the Family' in Christian Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender, Adrian Thatcher and Elizabeth Stuart (editors), Gracewing/Fowler Wright, 1996. Journal Articles 'To Be or Not To Be: Gender and Ontology', Heythrop Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3, July 2004. 'Being Interpreted by Love', New Blackfriars, Vol. 85, No. 994, January 2004. 'St Catherine of
'The Truth of Ethics', Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 16.2, October 2003. 'Being Brought to Light', New Blackfriars, Vol. 84 No. 987, May 2003. 'Paradise and the Groundlessness of Ethics', New Blackfriars, Vol. 83 No. 971, January 2002. 'Conceiving of God: Theological Arguments and Motives in Feminist Ethics', Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: An International Forum, Vol. 4 No. 4, December 2001. 'What am I doing here?', Priests and People, Vol. 15 No. 6, June 2001. 'Redeeming Media: The Promise and Pretext of Advertising', Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 13 No. 1, Spring 2000. 'The Boundaries of Desire: A Consideration of Judith Butler and Carter Heyward', Feminist Theology, No. 23, January 2000. 'The Dilemma of Difference', Feminist Theology, No. 14, January 1997. 'Feminist Ethics after Modernity: Towards an Appropriate Universalism', Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 8 No. 1, Spring 1995. RECENT PAPERS 'Overtaken by Ought: The Withdrawal of Moral Theology', a paper for the Theology and Ethics Research Seminar, New College Edinburgh, 2006. 'Watch and Pray: A Reflection on the Meaning of ut' for the conference in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Papal Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint, Aberdeen, May 2005. 'The Need in the Question of Pluralism' for the annual conference of Societas Ethica, 'Pluralismus in Europa', Ljubljana, August 2004. 'The Necessity of Experience', for the 4th conference of Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology, KU Leuven, November 2003. '"What is to be done?" -- Do we have to?', for the conference The Hidden City: Theology and the Polis at Trinity College, Oxford, September 2003. 'Giving Way to Nihilism', for the conference Redeeming Truth: Considering Faith and Reason at Heythrop College, University of London, May 2003. 'Ad Imaginem Dei: Is There a Moral Here?', for the roundtable 'Authorising Marriage? Canon, Tradition and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions' in the conference 'Sex, Marriage and Family and the Religions of the Book', at Emory University, Atlanta Georgia USA, March 2003. 'Being Interpreted by Love', for the Hilary Clay lectures on Reconciliation for the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, held in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, October 2002. 'Being Brought to Light', a seminar paper for the Illuminations conference at St Stephen's House, Oxford, July 2002. 'Fearsome or Fearful: The Ethical Challenge of Globalisation', for the conference 'Freedom's Threat: Faith, Globalisation and Terror', at Heythrop College, University of London, June 2002. 'To Be or Not to Be: Gender and Ontology' for the Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven, June 2002. 'St Catherine of Siena's Theology of Eucharist' for the conference Ite Missa Est: Transubstantiation, Holiness and Living Eucharist, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, held in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, February 2002. 'Paradise and the Groundlessness of Ethics' for the annual conference of the Catholic Theological Association, 11th September 2001. 'Overlooking Phronesis', a response to the paper by Mark D Jordan for the conference Contemplating Aquinas: On the Varieties of Interpretation, Heythrop College, University of London, June 2001. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr Susan Frank Parsons, 1 Cackle Hill Cottages, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2DL, UK. | |||
