Dr Kathleen McPhillips
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Email:kathleen.mcphillips@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:49215920
Gender, power and religion
Dr Kathleen McPhillips is looking into the difficult issue of child sexual abuse in religious organisations in Australia. As a sociologist of religion, gender and mental health, Kathleen has been investigating the impacts of child sexual abuse on survivors as well as the responses from institutions.
In 2013 she attended the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry held in Newcastle and heard evidence from authorities in the Catholic Church about why they did not report incidents of child abuse by local priests, to the police. In 2017-8 Kathleen attended the trial of Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be charged with and found guilty of failing to report incidents of the sexual abuse of young boys. And between 2014-2017 Kathleen attended many public hearings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Kathleen has a wealth of experience and insight into the factors that caused these disastrous events and the catastrophic impacts on individuals, their families and communities. Her work in trauma theory and the sociology of gender and institutions places her in a unique position to assess the work of the Royal Commission, which is the most important inquiry into the condition of childhood ever to be help in Australia and the world. As a landmark inquiry, it has become a major source of data and research on understanding the causes and impacts of the abuse of children.
Kathleen’s work on religious organisations also looks closely at the relationship between religious groups and the state and the various and common claims to religious freedom that are made. She is currently editing an international volume on gender and religious freedom with Springer Press which she hopes will draw attention to the ways in which conservative religious organisations use the discourse of religious freedom to embed gendered patterns which often discriminate against women and gender diverse groups. She is also looking closely at how religious organisations act as a ‘state within a state’ and have their own laws, rules and ethics, and what happens when these laws contradict the laws of the land.
Kathleen has worked closely with a number of research teams at the University of Newcastle including the Religion in Political Life research project and the Religion and Radicalism research project. In 2018 Kathleen won funding to launch the Interdisciplinary Research Trauma Network which brings together researchers working in different fields of trauma including history, sociology, criminology, social work, public advocacy, law and psychiatry. This has produced a very rich conversation in a number of different forums.
Kathleen is a member of the Centre for the History of Violence and the Society Health and Disability Research Group.
Gender, power and religion
Kathleen McPhillips is looking into the murky world of child sexual abuse within the church culture.
Career Summary
Biography
My research covers the fields of gender and religion. Within this, I examine the sociology of religious institutions and gendered violence, feminist social theory, and women in religion.
As a sociologist of religion I have written extensively on new religious formations in post-modernity and post-secularism particularly as it pertains to gender relations and religious freedom in Australian social life. Explorations of the intersection between state and religious organisations in relation to gender and law is a particular focus.
Three major research projects focus on investigating religious organisations and gender politics. First, I research public inquiries into institutional child sexual abuse and religious organisations with a particular focus on the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Second, I co-lead the Mapping Project which maps the relationship between clerical perpetrators, Church managers and child sexual abuse incidents in Australia. Finally, I examine the status of women in religious organisations and co-lead the International Survey of Catholic Women. Published in 2023 this is the largest survey ever undertaken of Catholic women. The report is available here: Key Findings and Recommendations of the International Survey of Catholic Women
As a social researcher of religious institutions and child abuse I research the impacts of individual and cultural trauma; institutional mechanisms of child abuse including the total institution and patriarchal cultures; and social causes of child sexual abuse.
I also explore constructions of gender and feminine subjectivity in accounts of religiosity and social theory, including feminine constructions of the sacred, queer theory/theology, and women's experience of religion. My work in feminist subjectivity also covers depth psychology and feminist Jungian approaches to femininity and masculinity as dynamic archetypal psychic formations.
Qualifications
- PhD (Sociology), University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University
Keywords
- Post-secularism theory
- Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
- Sociology of Mental Health
- Sociology of Religion and Gender
- Sociology of Trauma
- Women and Religion
Fields of Research
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441010 | Sociology of gender | 40 |
441014 | Sociology of religion | 30 |
441011 | Sociology of health | 30 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
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Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci Australia |
Academic appointment
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1/1/2010 - 31/12/2017 | Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
1/1/2000 - | Editorial Board | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Australia |
1/1/1995 - 1/2/2009 | Senior Lecturer | University of Western Sydney School of Humanities Australia |
1/1/1994 - 1/1/1995 | Lecturer | Australian National University School of Sociology Australia |
Awards
Distinction
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2018 |
John Barrett Award for Australian Studies International Australian Studies Association (InASA) Executive |
Prize
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2019 |
Dean's Excellence Award for Teaching and Learning Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (8 outputs)
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2021 | Wright K, Swain S, McPhillips K, Examining the Past and Shaping the Future The Australian Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Routledge, 12 (2021) | ||||
2021 | The End of Religion Toward a Feminist Re-Invention of the State, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 301 (2021) | ||||
2018 | Hume L, Mc phillips K, Introduction (2018) | ||||
2008 |
Isherwood L, McPhillips K, Post-Christian feminisms: A critical approach (2008) [A3] This book explores the impact and contribution of post-theories in the field of Christian feminist theology. Post-theory is an important and cutting-edge discursive field which ha... [more] This book explores the impact and contribution of post-theories in the field of Christian feminist theology. Post-theory is an important and cutting-edge discursive field which has revolutionized the production of knowledge in both feminism and theology. This book fills a gap by providing a text that can make authoritative statements on the use and status of post-theory in feminist theology, and secondly it makes an on-going contribution to the discourse of Christian feminist theology and its liberation agenda. Distinguished and established scholars contribute conclusive essays on the most recent and exciting developments in post-theory, feminism and theology. © Lisa Isherwood and Kathleen McPhillips 2008. All rights reserved.
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2008 |
King FJ, Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment, BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, 2 (2008) [A3]
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Chapter (25 outputs)
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2024 | McPhillips K, 'SeaChanges: Creating and Sustaining a Community of Women Scholars of Feminism, Religion and Theology in the Pacific 1990-2016', Habitats of the Basileia Essays in Honour of Elaine M. Wainwright, New Testament Monographs, University of Sheffiled 221-234 (2024) | |||||||
2022 |
Death J, Richards K, McPhillips K, 'Understanding clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse as organised offending: Networks versus individuals', Crime, Criminal Justice and Religion: A Critical Appraisal 236-249 (2022) [B1]
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Islam S, Hosseini Faradonbeh SA, McPhillips K, 'The Transformative Capacities of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Comparison Between the Global Critical Literature and Key Development Actors Perceptions in Bangladesh', The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland (2022) [B1]
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2020 |
McEwan T, Sterland S, McPhillips K, 'Participation and Engagement in Catholic Parish Life in Australia: Examining the Impact and Importance of Cultural and Linguistic Factors', Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. A Diversity of Paradigms, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. 162-188 (2020) [B1]
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2018 |
Mcphillips K, 'Believing in post-modernity: Technologies of enchantment in contemporary marian devotion', Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment 147-158 (2018) [B1]
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2018 |
Mcphillips K, 'Believing in post-modernity: Technologies of enchantment in contemporary marian devotion', Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment 147-158 (2018)
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2018 |
McPhillips K, 'Religion as a vestigial state: A comment on religion, gender and violence', The End of Religion: Toward a Feminist Re-invention of the State, Routledge, London 26-43 (2018) [B1]
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2018 |
McPhillips KM, 'The Royal Commission investigates Child Sexual Abuse: Uncovering Cultures of Sexual Violence in the Catholic Church', Rape Culture, Gender Violence and Religion, Palgrave McMillan, London England 53-71 (2018) [B1]
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2017 | McPhillips KM, 'Economies of Sainthood: Disrupting the Discourse of Female Hagiograhy', Women, Religion, and the Gift An Abundance of Riches, Springer, Switzerland 57-69 (2017) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2015 |
McPhillips KM, 'Whose Rights Matter? Women's Rights, Anti-Discrimination Legislation, and the case of Religious Exceptions', Religion after Secularization in Australia, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, England 119-135 (2015) [B1]
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2013 | McPhillips K, 'De - Colonizing the sacred: Feminist proposals for a post - Christian, Post-Patriarchal sacred', Post-Christian Feminisms: A Critical Approach 129-146 (2013) [B1] | |||||||
2008 | Gray F, McPhillips K, 'A third way: Explicating the post in post-Christian feminism', Post-Christian Feminisms: A Critical Approach 167-177 (2008) | |||||||
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McPhillips K, 'De-colonizing the sacred: Feminist proposals for a post-Christian, post-patriarchal sacred', Post-Christian Feminisms: A Critical Approach 129-145 (2008)
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2008 | McPhillips KM, Gray F, 'A Third Way: Explicating the Post in Post-Christian Feminisms', Post-Christian Feminisms, Ashgate, Aldershot England 167-178 (2008) [B1] | |||||||
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Journal article (53 outputs)
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2022 |
McPhillips K, McEwan T, Death J, Richards K, 'Does Gender Matter? An Analysis of the Role and Contribution of Religious Socialisation Practices in the Sexual Abuse of Boys and Girls in the Catholic Church', Religion and Gender, 12 52-77 (2022) [C1]
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McPhillips K, Page SJ, 'Introduction: Religion, Gender and Violence, Part 2', Religion and Gender, 12 1-3 (2022)
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McPhillips K, McEwan T, 'The Sexual Economies of Clericalism: Women Religious and Gendered Violence in the Catholic Church', Religions, 13 916-916 [C1]
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2021 |
McPhillips K, Page S-J, 'Introduction', Religion and Gender, 11 151-165 (2021) [C1]
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McPhillips K, 'Mobilising for justice: the contribution of organised survivor groups in australia to addressing sexual violence against children in christian churches', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 34 3-28 (2021) [C1] This article investigates the field of social justice responses to institutional child sexual abuse in religious organisations and the contribution of activist-based groups to soc... [more] This article investigates the field of social justice responses to institutional child sexual abuse in religious organisations and the contribution of activist-based groups to social change agendas. A sociological analysis reveals that organised survivor groups, lobby groups, the media and individual activ-ists both shape and become a vital part of collective knowledge practices, making a critical contribution to the remediation of the traumatic impacts of child sexual abuse on the lives of victims, their families and related com-munities. The pursuit of justice and redress plays a vital educative role in enhancing public discourse and in launching public inquiries that investigate miscarriages of justice. This article examines the specific contribution to social change by activist voices across four areas in Australian social life and examines how they operate and how their collective experience shifts public awareness of institutional abuse. Despite the debilitating impacts of sexual violence and the social stigmatisation typically attached to victims, the courage and persistence of survivors in giving voice to their suffering and seeking justice constitutes a powerful movement in the global struggle for human rights and has made a significant contribution to religious institutional change and remediation. The article will analyse the models of effective collective survivor agency as a response to individual and collective trauma and communicates the multiple ways these groups contribute to positive social change.
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McPhillips K, 'The trauma-informed classroom', Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 37 129-132 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Lentini P, Halafoff A, Singleton A, Barton G, Maddox M, McPhillips K, Posamai-Inesedy A, 'A Tribute to Gary Bouma', JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 58 3-6 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
McPhillips K, 'Religion after the royal commission: Challenges to religion state relations', Religions, 11 1-13 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
McPhillips K, Salter M, Roberts-Pedersen E, Kezelman C, 'Understanding trauma as a system of psycho-social harm: Contributions from the Australian royal commission into child sex abuse', Child Abuse and Neglect, 99 1-12 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
McPhillips K, 'Silence, Secrecy and Power: Understanding the Royal Commission Findings into the Failure of Religious Organisations to Protect Children', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 31 116-142 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Mozeley F, McPhillips K, 'Knowing Otherwise: Restorying Intuitive Knowing as Feminist Resistance', Women's Studies, 48 844-861 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
McPhillips K, 'Revisiting BISFT Summer School 2006, Harriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, What s God got to do with it? Politics, Economics, Theology ', Feminist Theology, 27 339-351 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
McPhillips K, '"Soul Murder": Investigating Spiritual Trauma at the Royal Commission', JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 42 231-242 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
McPhillips K, 'Traumatic Isolation: Institutional Stigma and the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abus', Health & History: Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine, 20 75-90 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
McPhillips K, '"Unbearable Knowledge": Managing Cultural Trauma at the Royal Commission', Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 27 130-146 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
McPhillips K, 'Breathing Underwater Swimming in the Sea of Collective Trauma', Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 27 172-181 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Wright K, Swain S, McPhillips K, 'The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse', Child Abuse and Neglect, 74 1-9 (2017) [C1] The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is the largest royal commission in Australia's history and one of the largest public inquiries into in... [more] The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is the largest royal commission in Australia's history and one of the largest public inquiries into institutional child abuse internationally. With an investment from the Australian government of half a billion dollars, it examined how institutions with a responsibility for children, both historically and in the present, have responded to allegations of child sexual abuse. Announced in the wake of previous Australian and international inquiries, public scandals and lobbying by survivor groups, its establishment reflected increasing recognition of the often lifelong and intergenerational damage caused by childhood sexual abuse and a strong political commitment to improving child safety and wellbeing in Australia. This article outlines the background, key features and innovations of this landmark public inquiry, focusing in particular on its extensive research program. It considers its international significance and also serves as an introduction to this special edition on the Australian Royal Commission, exploring its implications for better understanding institutional child sexual abuse and its impacts, and for making institutions safer places for children in the future.
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2017 |
McEwan T, McPhillips K, 'Re-framing religious identity and belief: Gen X women and the catholic church', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 30 205-226 (2017) [C1] Gen X women grew up in the Catholic Church in the climate of cultural and theological change brought about by the Second Vatican Council. Given the Catholic Church¿s attempt to mo... [more] Gen X women grew up in the Catholic Church in the climate of cultural and theological change brought about by the Second Vatican Council. Given the Catholic Church¿s attempt to move into the modern world, it might be expected that such changes would result in an increase of participation by women in the Church. In fact, the opposite has happened and the participation of Gen X Catholic women in Church life is at substantially low levels. This article reviews the current research in this area, and seeks to contextualise the experiences of Gen X women in the broader social changes that have characterised late modernity. It contends that current methods of examining the religious identity of Gen X Catholic women fail to understand the complexity of reasons for non-participation. Shifting the research focus beyond a simple model of church participation will shed important light on the sociology of Catholicism and religious identity in Australia.
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2016 |
McPhillips KM, 'The Church, the Commission and the Search for Truth', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 29 30-51 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
McPhillips K, 'Contested Feminisms: Women s Religious Leadership and the Politics of Contemporary Western Feminism', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 29 134-149 [C1]
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2015 |
McPhillips KM, 'Religion and Gender in the Post-SEcular State: Accommodation or Discrimination?', Feminist Theology, 23 156-170 (2015) [C1]
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2015 |
McPhillips K, 'Introduction: Women, Religion and Politics', FEMINIST THEOLOGY, 23 109-110 (2015)
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2015 | McPhillips K, 'Editorial', Feminist Theology, 23 109-110 (2015) [C3] | ||||||||||
2013 | Isherwood L, McPhillips K, 'Introduction', Post-Christian Feminisms: A Critical Approach, 1-10 (2013) | ||||||||||
2013 |
McPhillips KM, 'Editorial', SeaChanges, 6 1-2 (2013) [C3]
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2013 |
McPhillips K, 'In This Southern Land: Gender, Nation, and Saint-making in Australia', Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 29 26-39 (2013) [C1]
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2009 | McPhillips KM, 'What's the Problem with Religion?', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 22 71-80 (2009) [C1] | ||||||||||
2007 |
Mcphillips K, 'Gesturing Towards Speech: Acts of Restoration and Remembrance', Feminist Theology, 15 315-321 (2007) [C1] This is the story of a woman, now long dead and almost forgotten, but for a crumbling gravesite overlooking the ocean at Bronte in Sydney and some small acts of remembrance that f... [more] This is the story of a woman, now long dead and almost forgotten, but for a crumbling gravesite overlooking the ocean at Bronte in Sydney and some small acts of remembrance that functioned to restore her voice ever so partially. The hint of her voice allowed genealogical traces to emerge and help heal the wounds of not only the individual family genealogy to which this woman was almost lost but also for the monumental primordial forgetting of women. The story of this woman whose life seems exceptionally different from my own, whom I never met, is re-told a hundred years after she lived and breathed, to heal deep ancestral wounds and give voice to the struggles of the living and in particular to us¿their grand-daughters. © 2007, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
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McPhillips K, Mudge P, Johnston J, 'Shifting selves: The struggle for identity and spirituality in the work of three young women artists', International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 12 233-247 (2007) [C1] This essay looks at contemporary art works produced by three young women who took part in a research project that was exploring the spiritual meanings of art in the lives of adole... [more] This essay looks at contemporary art works produced by three young women who took part in a research project that was exploring the spiritual meanings of art in the lives of adolescents. Nineteen students were interviewed and we asked them to tell us about their art works which we then analysed in relation to a set of descriptors that we developed defining spiritual symbols and stories. We developed a central term-Connected Knowing-which seeks to appreciate a 'spiritual rationality' in works of art. This essay reports on three of these art works and explores the ways in which the artist understands the connections between self and other, self and world, self and community. We used theory on art perception and gender to understand the ways in which spiritual meaning was produced by the artists. A central theme that emerged from the three works was that identity is a struggle and not a given, and that multiple perspectives of self in the development of identity is experienced as a positive embodied value. © 2007 Taylor & Francis.
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2007 | Hume L, McPhillips K, 'Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment', STUDIES IN SPIRITUALITY, 17 335-335 (2007) | ||||||||||
2007 |
McPhillips K, 'Gathering wo/men in the postcolonial Pacific region', JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES IN RELIGION, 23 117-120 (2007)
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2007 |
McPhillips K, 'A reflection on the "teaching for change" conference and its challenges in my workplace', JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES IN RELIGION, 23 117-121 (2007)
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2005 |
Mcphillips K, 'Global Violence: Some Thoughts on Hope and Change', Feminist Theology, 14 25-34 (2005) [C1] In these early years of the new millennium the world finds itself in a new age of violence and terror. Acts of terrorism, the war in Iraq, and the ongoing post-colonial struggles ... [more] In these early years of the new millennium the world finds itself in a new age of violence and terror. Acts of terrorism, the war in Iraq, and the ongoing post-colonial struggles have created a climate of unprecedented state legitimated and terrorist-based violence, where the emergence of new forms of national insecurity and vulnerability have impacted on every nation and distant corner of the plane. One looks at the world situation and despairs: it is almost impossible to feel safe in the face of such unpredictability. Patriarchy in its various guises (state power, terrorism, war, hate), intent on domination and destruction, seems all encompassing and powerful. The questions we ask are enormous: how do we respond and what can we do? Where will genuine moral leadership come from? Where are the signs of hope¿true hope¿hope born from realism not romanticism? And in particular, as feminists and religionists and theologians, what should our particular contribution be? It is more important than ever to understand hope, and how it generates change. I believe that there are two aspects to global violence that we as feminist religionists and theologians need to tackle in particular. The first is to continue to offer analysis around understanding what hope is, where it derives from, and how it can be transformed into action and motivation. Second, we are experts in two of the principal characteristics of the current global power arrangements¿gender and religion¿so we have a special responsibility to provide analysis and visionary thinking to our communities. I would like to suggest that the particular contributions that we can make could be firmly placed in the realm of an emerging feminist religious imaginary, because this is the site where our political action and ideas are sustained, nurtured, challenged and where hope is born via imaginative and visionary thinking, where biophillic rationalities and responses are possible. This paper reads global violence and locates hope within a feminist religious imaginary. © 2005, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
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2005 |
McPhillips K, 'Response', Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 21 147-153 (2005)
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McPhillips K, 'Feminist studies in religion and Theology in-between nationalism and globalization - Response', JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES IN RELIGION, 21 147-154 (2005)
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2002 | McPhillips K, 'Feminism and religion in the Pacific region: Some critical reflections', Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 18 84-90 (2002) | ||||||||||
2001 |
Bryson L, McPhillips K, Robinson K, 'Turning public issues into private troubles: Lead contamination, domestic labor, and the exploitation of women's unpaid labor in Australia', Gender and Society, 15 754-772 (2001) [C1] Residents living in the vicinity of lead smelters are subjected to particularly high levels of contamination from the toxic process of smelting. Yet, public health strategies curr... [more] Residents living in the vicinity of lead smelters are subjected to particularly high levels of contamination from the toxic process of smelting. Yet, public health strategies currently promoted by state health authorities in Australia do not focus their major attention on stopping the contamination at its source. This article focuses on housecleaning regimes, largely implemented by women, aimed at stopping the toxic material from being ingested by children. Because the residential areas surrounding the smelters are degraded, their property value is low and, by and large, working-class families live there. As this article shows, the recommended cleaning regimes are embedded in social class and gender relations. Analysis of the implementation of the strategy and the historical context within which it is administered provides an example of a state gender regime, the state "doing" gender and class, and a lens through which to view contemporary gender and class relations.
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1999 |
McPhillips K, 'Modernity, Rationality and the Problem of Women's Religious Agency', Australian Feminist Studies, 14 293-302 (1999)
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1998 |
McPhillips K, 'Rituals, bodies and thealogy: Some questions', Feminist Theology, 6 9-28 (1998) [C1]
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Conference (2 outputs)
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2011 | McPhillips KM, 'Forgetting and remembering - An account of recovering a forgotten life', Histories of Sexuality Conference, Newcastle, Australia (2011) [E3] | ||
2007 | McPhillips K, 'Haunted Visions: Representations of Gender and Spirituality in Contemporary Australian in Film', -Refereed Conference Proceedings of Spirituality and Psychology conference, University of Western Sydney, -University of Western Sydney, Bankstown NSW (2007) [E3] |
Creative Work (2 outputs)
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2023 | McPhillips K, Pattendon R, Loud Sky, Newcastle (2023) | ||
2010 | McPhillips KM, Sainthood in Modern Australia: Frameworks for Hearing the Voice of the Saint, Australia (2010) |
Media (18 outputs)
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2020 | McPhillips K, 'Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change', (2020) | ||
2020 | McPhillips K, 'The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry', (2020) | ||
2019 | McPhillips K, 'The Catholic Church is headed for another sex abuse scandal as #NunsToo Speak Up', (2019) | ||
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Report (4 outputs)
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2023 | McPhillips K, McEwan T, Pepper M, 'International Survey of Catholic Women', Catholic Women Speak International Network (2023) | |||||||
2023 |
McEwan T, McPhillips K, Pepper M, 'International Survey of Catholic Women: Analysis and Report of Findings', Catholic Women Speak (CWS), 88 (2023) [N1]
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McEwan T, McPhillips K, Pepper M, 'International Survey of Catholic Women: Analysis of Responses from Australia', Catholic Women Speak, 83 (2023)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 27 |
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Total funding | $464,956 |
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20241 grants / $25,000
An interdisciplinary investigation of gendered violence in communities of Catholic women religious (CWR) in Germany and Australia$25,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Kathleen McPhillips, Magdalena Huerten, Ute Leimgruber, Doctor Tracy McEwan |
Scheme | Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme (DAAD) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2024 |
Funding Finish | 2025 |
GNo | G2301416 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20231 grants / $2,500
CHSF Conference Travel Grant$2,500
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Conference Travel Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
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UON | N |
20224 grants / $34,850
International Survey of Catholic Women (ISCW)$27,350
Funding body: Fidel Götz Foundation
Funding body | Fidel Götz Foundation |
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Project Team | Doctor Kathleen McPhillips, Professor Tina Beattie |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G2200521 |
Type Of Funding | C3500 – International Not-for profit |
Category | 3500 |
UON | Y |
Loud sky: An arts based response to historical child sexual abuse in the Hunter region$5,000
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Pilot Research Scheme: Projects, Pivots, Partnerships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
CHSF Conference Travel Grant$2,500
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Conference Travel Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
CHSF Early Advice Support$0
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Early Advice Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20212 grants / $15,504
Redress, Response and Restoration: Examining the implementation process of the recommendations from the Child Abuse Royal Commission with regard to child safety and trauma related injury$13,982
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Kathleen McPhillips (Lead), Dr Tamara Blakemore, Dr Michael Salter and Dr Cathy Kezelman |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Output Scheme Funding$1,522
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | 2021 CHSF Research Output Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20203 grants / $158,540
City Lights for Social Change$87,280
Funding body: Newcastle City Council
Funding body | Newcastle City Council |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Trisha Pender, Doctor Kathleen McPhillips, Doctor Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Doctor Effie Karageorgos, Doctor Jessica Ford, Doctor Kcasey McLoughlin |
Scheme | Special Business Rate – City Centre/Darby Street Program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | G2001185 |
Type Of Funding | C2300 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Own Purpose |
Category | 2300 |
UON | Y |
Gender-Based Violence Program (GBVP)$70,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia |
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Project Team | A/Prof Patricia Pender (Lead); Dr Kath McPhillips; Dr Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan; Dr Jessie Ford; Dr Effie Karageorgos; Dr Kcasey McLoughlin. |
Scheme | Research Programs Pilot Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
2020 Faculty of Education and Arts Strategic Early Advice and Feedback Scheme$1,260
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | 2020 FEDUA Strategic Early Advice and Feedback Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20194 grants / $15,418
The Survivor Story Project$6,818
Funding body: Marist Brothers
Funding body | Marist Brothers |
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Project Team | Doctor Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1801340 |
Type Of Funding | C3200 – Aust Not-for Profit |
Category | 3200 |
UON | Y |
Australian Research Theology Foundation$4,400
Funding body: Australian Research Theology Foundation
Funding body | Australian Research Theology Foundation |
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Project Team | Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | Australian Research Theology Foundation |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3120 - Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3120 |
UON | N |
2019 International Research Collaboration Scheme $2,200
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FEDUA IRCS |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
American Academy of Religion, 22-26 November 2019, San Deigo, USA$2,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20182 grants / $6,500
Building and establishing the Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Network$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Dr Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
New Zealand Association for the Study of Religion, Auckland, 29 - 30 November 2018$1,500
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20171 grants / $15,000
Society, Health and Disability Research Group: New Horizons$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20162 grants / $43,516
The Age of Inquiry$34,516
This project brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers: Dr Katie Wright (Lead Chief Investigator), with Chief Investigators Professor Shurlee Swain (Australian Catholic University), Associate Professor Johanna Sköld (Linköping University, Sweden), Dr Kathleen McPhillips (University of Newcastle) and Dr Fiona Davis (Australian Catholic University)
The project examines the proliferation of inquiries and truth commissions into various forms of historical abuse since the 1990s. It will contribute to the emerging field of inquiry research and e-scholarship by i) developing a typology of inquiries and mapping the rise of historical abuse inquiries internationally; ii) laying the foundation for a new online public knowledge resource; and iii) advancing theorization of the historical abuse inquiries in relation to local developments, transnational flows and international trends.
Funding body: 'Transforming Human Societies' Research Focus Area (RFA), La Trobe University
Funding body | 'Transforming Human Societies' Research Focus Area (RFA), La Trobe University |
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Project Team | Professor Shurlee Swain, Dr Katie Wright, Associate Professor Johanna Skold, Dr Kathleen McPhillips, Dr Fiona Davis |
Scheme | 'Transforming Human Societies' Research Focus Area (RFA), La Trobe University |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Institutional Cultures, Policy Frameworks and Social Change$9,000
Funding body: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Funding body | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |
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Project Team | Professor Shurlee Swain (ACU), Dr Katie Wright (La Trobe), Dr Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | Workshops Program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
Category | 1CS |
UON | N |
20152 grants / $17,000
Religion, Secularism and Marxism$15,000
Funding body: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Professor Roland Boer, Dr Christian Petterson, Professor Emeritus Terry Lovat, Professor Marion Maddox, Dr James Juniper, Dr Sara Motta, Dr Charon-Cardona, Professor Roger Markwick, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
Scheme | Strategic Network Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Religion as a Vestigial State, Ottawa University Canada, 22-24 June 2015$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Doctor Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1500646 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20142 grants / $23,928
Religion and Radicalism Research Network$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Doctor Timothy Stanley, Professor Roland Boer, Professor Hilary Carey, Emeritus Professor Terry Lovat, Conjoint Professor Marion Maddox, Doctor Kathleen McPhillips, Doctor Christina Petterson |
Scheme | Strategic Networks Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1400933 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Research Project$8,928
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | Pilot Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20121 grants / $100,000
Religion in Political Life Research Program$100,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Kathleen McPhillips, Timothy Stanley, Roland Boer, Terry Lovat, Hilary Carey |
Scheme | Pilot Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20111 grants / $5,000
New Staff Grant 2011$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Kathleen McPhillips |
Scheme | New Staff Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | G1100893 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20101 grants / $2,200
Religion and Gender in the Public Domain$2,200
Funding body: Humanities Research Centre
Funding body | Humanities Research Centre |
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Project Team | Dr Kathleen McPhillips, Professor Marion Maddox |
Scheme | Discretionary Funding from the Humanities Research Centre |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | PhD | What has been Protestant Christian Churches Responses to Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Post the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse? Are children Safer in Protestant Christian Churches as a Result of this Response? | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2023 | PhD | Leaving Gloriavale: A Sociological Account of Exiting a Closed Religious Group | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | Masters | A Phenomenological Study of Religious Conversion from Hinduism to Seventh Day Adventism Within the South African Diaspora | M Philosophy (Sociol & Anthro), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Agency: Empowering or Enabling? A study of women in leadership roles in Papua New Guinea | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | An Investigation into the Membership and Identity of Youth Attending Australian Pentecostal Churches | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | Masters | The Birth of Agency: The Evolution of Gendered Institutionalisation and Confinement of Women | M Philosophy (Sociol & Anthro), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | (Awabakal Translation) Sacred Stories Relationship - Belonging - Connectedness: A Journey into Discovery, Truth and Right Relations | PhD (Aboriginal Studies), The Wollotuka Institute, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2020 | Masters | Modern Neo-Pagan Identity and Ritual in an Australian Context | M Philosophy (Sociol & Anthro), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Sacred Stories Relationship -Belonging - Connectedness: A Journey into Discovery, Truth and Right Relations. | Religious Studies, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | PhD | A War of Attrition: Precarity and Paucity for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Gen X Women and the Australian Catholic Church: Negotiating Religious Identity and Participation | PhD (Theology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | A Literary Search for Meaning: How Spiritual Themes are Reflected and Represented in Contemporary Speculative Fiction | PhD (English), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Reading Between the Sustainable Development Goals: Interpretations, Gender Equality and Post-Development Alternatives in Bangladesh | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Everyday Witches: Identity and Community Among Young Australian Women Practising Witchcraft | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Meaning, Control, and Connection: A Practical Theological Perspective on the Relationship Between Trauma, Spirituality, and Spiritual Distress | PhD (Theology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | A Silent Patriarch – Kyrillos VI (1902-1971): Life and Theological Legacy | PhD (Theology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2014 | PhD | The Mandorla: A Spiritual Memoir | PhD (English), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Research Projects
Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Network 2017 - 2020
The Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Network (ITRN) brings together researchers in the field of trauma across a number of disciplinary areas including history, sociology, criminology, law, advocacy work, social work and psychiatry. Its aim is to open a conversation between disciplines investigating the incidence, definition and meaning of trauma and to enhance and progress approaches to and effective treatment of trauma. A symposium on the 11th June 2018 bought together an international cohort of researchers discussing a number of pertinent areas of trauma theory and practice. A publication is in progress and a writing group for researchers meets weekly.
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News • 12 Sep 2023
Australian Catholic women echo the global call for church reform
Australian Catholic women are echoing their international sisters’ hunger for church reform, new research has shown.
News • 6 Mar 2023
Catholic women’s cries for change to be heard at the Vatican on IWD
The most extensive global survey of Catholic women ever undertaken, detailing experiences of women in the church, will be presented by Australian researchers in-person at the Vatican this International Women’s Day.
News • 25 Nov 2019
Religion themed masterclass, conference and public event
The Centre for the Study of Violence and the School of Humanities and Social Science are hosting a variety of events in December around the of themes religion, sexuality and violence.
Dr Kathleen McPhillips
Position
Senior Lecturer
Socieities, Cultures and Human Services
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Sociology and Anthropology
Contact Details
kathleen.mcphillips@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 49215920 |
Mobile | 0409013102 |
Office
Room | SR 148 Social Sciences |
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Building | Behavioural Sciences - Building W |
Location | CALLAGHAN CAMPUS , |