Anglican Women's Studies Centre

He Kākano Ahau

Join Jacynthia Murphy on Thursday 19 May 7pm, as she tells a story to deeply stir the spirit from sad to angry! It is the ‘amplification’ of kāhui wāhine around the world that is now being heard. “He Kākano Ahau” Join Zoom Meetinghttps://anglicanchurch-nz.zoom.us/j/94599431152?pwd=U0Q4NG9DM1FhVU5OOTVmQjh1bERvUT09 Meeting ID: 945 9943 1152Passcode: 215527 I’m a bit of an environmentalist at heart […]

Welcome Bridie- new Councillor for AWSC!

Kia Ora! My name is Bridie Marsden-Boyd and I am super excited to be the new Tikanga Pakeha Councillor I have been a proud advocate for women for many years, having run workshops on the feminine divine, raised up young women to leadership in Church and been a delegate to UNSCW to name a few. […]

Dangerous words: Women, Bible, Earth

You are invited to another opportunity to hear Emily Colgan, this time in person, in Hamilton. Friday 29 April 10.30 am -1.30pm Chartwell Cooperating Parish 124 Comries Rd, Chartwell, Hamilton Dr Emily Colgan, Biblical scholar, reveals the dangers of dualistic thinking about women and earth in sacred text. Feminine and land-based metaphors in sacred texts […]

Women in Creation Care/God at Work

30 women, Māori, Pacific, Pākehā and from around the world, connect faith, culture and calling Silvia Purdie in conversation with some of the contributors to a new book out soon Listen to the energetic music and stories https://youtu.be/RqeXgd69GaU ‘Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Women in Creation Care’ tells the stories of thirty women from a wide […]

Climate Change and Reading Scripture

The key note scholar at the Hui in October will be Dr Emily Colgan. Emily says she is a bit of a Bible nerd who is utterly passionate about biblical interpretation incontemporary contexts. Dr Emily Colgan, Senior lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, Auckland: Emily will give the keynote speech at the AWSC Hui: Te […]

Towards a Theology of Land, with Jekheli Singh

Rev Dr Jekheli Kibami-Singh – Leviticus, Land & Jubilee. Presented to the Tikanga Pakeha Ministry Council, May 2021. https://youtube/wIBfiBQXOZI Jekheli Singh is a tribal Christian woman from Nagaland in the North East of India. She came to New Zealand about 15 years ago, and is currently vicar of Te Kuiti. In this talk about the […]

Virtual Theology Chat

Intriguing women speaking about their research, writing, thinking and theology An online opportunity to zoom in from anywhere and hear ideas from everywhere May 17, 2021 (Edit) Opportunity to ask questions and make links with your own experience and ideas. Open to everyone. Anglican Women’s Studies Centre invites you to zoom in- Third Thursday of the […]

The Gift of Desperation, with Jax Clark

The 12-Step program and how its characteristics of honesty, openness and willingness could be enhancing to the wider Church culture. Virtual Theology Chat Listen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykbpI3gw0HY The Council for Anglican Women’s Studies invites you to a Virtual Theology Chat, to hear Jax Clark. This was recorded on 17 March 2022 In a 2020 interview for […]

Cancellation of 2022 Hui: Te Orokohanga o te Ao,The Earth as our Mother, Na Tina ni Vanua

bad news and good news It will probably not come as a surprise for you to hear that our long awaited and planned for Hui scheduled for 27-30 April 2022 has been cancelled. The Covid-19 situation with Omicron still spreading in the community has forced so many cancellations, with much sadness and disappointment. An email has been sent […]

Te Pae Tawhiti : a vision for theological education, training and formation

We have vision, we have courage, we have guidance Te Ara Poutama Tuatahi Co-design Summary By Val Goold and Steve Taylor. Word Cloud created from responses to the summary of the project which began most conversations. We are seeking a roadmap for theological education and ministry training for the whole Church from 2020-2040. Te Kotahitanga […]

Gender and STEM

Challenges, Opportunities and Gender Nuances 8 and 9 April on line Call for PapersThe Women’s Studies Center of Cochin University of Science and Technology invitessubmission of papers to the National Webinar being conducted in connection with theInternational Women’s Day 2022. The webinar will take place virtually on 8th and 9th of March2022. The focal theme […]