Papers by Elaine S Lindsay
BRILL eBooks, 2000
Thea Astley was raised Catholic but said, in later life, that she was no longer Christian. Howe... more Thea Astley was raised Catholic but said, in later life, that she was no longer Christian. However, she is not without God - it's just that she (and her characters) find God outside of Christian practice. Astley puts forward a spirituality which is strongly woman-based and which celebrates the goodness of nature, the exercise of charity, the primacy of love, and the witnessing of God in other people. Astley's fictions are integral to the formal account of Australian feminist spirituality which is now being articulated.
Journal of the association for the study of Australian literature, Jul 28, 2014
Review of Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry, edited by Toby Davidson (Amhers, NY: Cambria... more Review of Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry, edited by Toby Davidson (Amhers, NY: Cambria, 2013)
Text, Apr 30, 2017
This article considers the use of diary entries as primary source material in autoethnographic re... more This article considers the use of diary entries as primary source material in autoethnographic research. It examines how the act of diary writing can reveal a trajectory into, and away from, an experience of depression and how diary entries can provide grounds for conjecture about possible futures and imagined self-narratives. It describes how 'radical courage', as identified by Phillips, can displace suicidal ideation and bolster a new self-narrative of an imagined future. The article highlights the value of diaries. More than a source of raw data for research and creative writing projects, they offer diarists a safe place to explore and create alternative and productive selfnarratives. In their unedited state, they are a first-person, present-tense record of emotional states, showing how context and events impact upon an individual's life. Diary entries can reveal to the diarist and researcher alike the beginnings of a new selfnarrative that is not yet fully imagined nor articulated. The article includes selected diary entries and reflections on depression as a lived experience to show the connection between radical courage and a narrative of the future. This narrative forma narrative of the imagined futureis commended for its therapeutic potential as a cognitive strategy to build resilience. Through writing and speaking, the story develops as it is lived; by being lived, the story becomes embodied.
Literature and Theology, Sep 1, 1996
Sydney Studies in Religion, Oct 29, 2008
European-Australian spirituality: how has it been represented over the last fifteen years or so b... more European-Australian spirituality: how has it been represented over the last fifteen years or so by white Australian theologians and cultural commentators? The simplest way to answer this question is to look at the cover images on books about Australian theology, spirituality and the 'big questions'. The images which predominate are those of the desert and other unpeopled landscapes. Examples include Graeme Ferguson and John Chryssavgis's The Desert is Alive,) Muriel Porter's Land of the
Antipodes eBooks, Dec 1, 1995
University of Queensland Press eBooks, 1998
Quadrant, Mar 1, 1979
Review(s) of: Words with a black orpington by David Campbell; Ross' poems, by Geoffrey Lehman... more Review(s) of: Words with a black orpington by David Campbell; Ross' poems, by Geoffrey Lehmann; Ethnic radio, by Les Murray, Angus and Robertson.
Australian Religion Studies Review, 1997
... gauged from fictional and factual statements) are not only personal, but also belong to the .... more ... gauged from fictional and factual statements) are not only personal, but also belong to the ... Considerations of space, however, determined that writings by women of non-Christian back-ground had ... with men's experiences and therefore subsumed into a one-size-fits-all spirituality ...
Journal of Australian Studies, Apr 3, 2017
Australian Feminist Studies, Oct 1, 1999
... Studies by Australian Women Scholars in Religion (Australian Association for the Study of Rel... more ... Studies by Australian Women Scholars in Religion (Australian Association for the Study of Religions) Adelaide, 1994; M. Confoy, D. Lee ... 8. A recent example is Michael Goonan's, A Community of Exiles: Exploring Australian Spirituality (St Pauls Publications) Homebush, 1996. ...
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Papers by Elaine S Lindsay