Tina Beattie
Tina Beattie is a controversial and heretical British Roman Catholic theologian, writer and broadcaster. She is Professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University, and her academic research and publications include work on theology, gender and critical theory, the symbolism and cult of the Virgin Mary and, more recently, natural law, human rights and women's rights. She has also written on the recent movement known as 'the new atheism'. In addition to her academic work, she is often invited to give public lectures on issues relating to the role of religion in contemporary society. She is a regular contributor to the Catholic weekly journal, The Tablet, and to the online journal, Open Democracy.
Tina was a mature student at the University of Bristol where she read Theology and Religious Studies, before going on to do a PhD on Marian theology and symbolism in engagement with the ideas of Luce Irigaray, under the supervision of Professor Ursula King. Since then, she has lectured at the University of Bristol and Wesley College, Bristol, and she also taught with the Open University before taking up a full-time post at Roehampton University in 2002. She has a wide range of teaching and research interests in the area of religion, culture and theology, and teaching topics include Christian mysticism, religion and film, theology, art and culture, religion and human rights, and moral theology. She also wrote on contemporary Roman Catholic mariology, especially on Virgin Mary in work of 20th century theologian Karl Rahner. He also critisazed theological views of Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Tina is married to Dave and they have four adult children.
Works
- The New Atheists: The Twilight of Reason and the War on Religion (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, Maryknoll NY: Orbis Books. (2007/ 2008)
- New Catholic Feminism: Theology and Theory (London and New York: Routledge, 2006)
- Woman, New Century Theology Series (London and New York: Continuum, 2003)
- God’s Mother, Eve’s Advocate: A Marian Narrative of Women’s Salvation (London and New York: Continuum, 2002)
- Eve’s Pilgrimage: A Woman’s Quest for the City of God (London: Burns & Oates; New York: Continuum, 2002)