Magdalene (newsletter)
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Christian Women Concerned (Sydney, N.S.W.), ed. (1973). Magdalene: a Christian newsletter for women. Sydney: Christian Women Concerned.
- ^ a b Melbourne, The University of. "Tulip, Marie - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Melbourne, The University of. "Christian Church Workers - Theme - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ McRae, -McMahon Dorothy. "Christian Women Concerned". Women-Church: An Australian Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (40): 17–21.
- ^ Gledhill, Jean. "Launching Women-Church". Women-Church Journal. 2 Autumn 1988: 6.
- ^ a b McPhillips, Kathleen (2000). "Reflections on Feminist Publishing in an Australian Context". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 16 (1): 112–120. ISSN 8755-4178. JSTOR 25002384.
- ^ "University of Divinity Digital Collections". divinity.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ "Magdalene". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2023-07-23.