Last Updated on July 18, 2023 by Kittredge Cherry
A new portrait of queer Latina theologian Marcella Althaus-Reid was put on display recently at New College School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The painting is now mounted in the Rainy Hall, a communal dining room that is the social hub for students and faculty of the divinity school. The elegant Gothic revival room features various portraits, fancy chandeliers, ornate gilding, and wood paneling adorned with coats of arms.
Scottish artist David Martin painted the portrait of Althaus-Reid beside a chalkboard and wall with words and images representing her life and theology.
Key concepts from her theology are handwritten in chalk on the blackboard: otherness, difference, decency, indecency, freedom, undressing and sexual ethics. The images on the wall behind her include the virgin of Guadalupe, a portrait of socialist philosopher Karl Marx, an antique map of South America, a snapshot of a couple dancing the Argentine ballroom dance known as the tango, and a poster for an Argentine rock band.
Her first book, “Indecent Theology
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Marcella Althaus-Reid: Queer theology pioneer
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Top image credit:
Marcella Althaus-Reid portrait in Rainy Hall, photo by Alexander Chow
