Jane Barter

Biography

Jane Barter Moulaison is originally from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She earned her BA in English at Dalhousie (1991), her Master’s degree from the Atlantic School of Theology (1994), and her PhD from the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto (2004). Her research interests include Christian political thought, feminist theory, and continental philosophy of religion. She is particularly interested in the manner in which religions can give rise to social and political change. She has published two monographs of Christian Theology: Lord, Giver of Life (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006) and Thinking Christ: Christology and Contemporary Critics (Fortress Press, 2011). Barter Moulaison has also edited two scholarly volumes: The Future of Theological Education in Canada (Toronto Journal of Theology, 2008) and Kenneth Hamilton’s The Doctrine of Humanity in the Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013). She has published several articles in feminist theory and religion in journals such as The Journal of the Mothering Initiative, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, Scottish Journal of Theology, and Canadian Woman Studies/cahiers de la femme. She is fond of long walks with her Lhasa Apso/soul mate, Scruffy.

Research Interest

Augustine, Early Christian thought, feminist theory, Religion and Continental Philosophy, Postmodern theory, Religion as a source for political and social change.