Janet Crawford

Research Interests:

History of women in the New Zealand churches
Melanesian Mission history
Ecumenical worship and women in the ecumenical movement

Publications:

A Guide to the Anglican Graves in the Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland: Anglican Historical Society, 2006.

“ ‘Prim’ Preachers”, Vashti’s Voices 2, no.14 (2005).

“ ‘So hard to be a woman’: Julia Farr and the Melanesian Mission”, Women-Church 37 (Spring 2005).
“Silent No More: Women in Theological Education in New Zealand”, Vashti’s Voices 2, no.13 (2004).
Dedicated Women: Ministry of Lay Women in the Diocese of Wellington 1945-1977. Edited and with an introduction by Janet Crawford. Auckland: Anglican Historical Society, 2002.
“Women and Ecclesiology: Two Ecumenical Streams?” The Ecumenical Review 53 (2001).
“ ‘Valuable Helpers’: Women and the Melanesian Mission in the Nineteenth Century”. In The Church of Melanesia 1849-199: Selwyn Lectures. Ed. A. K. Davidson. Auckland: College of St John the Evangelist, 2000.
“Becoming a Christian: The Ecumenical Challenge of Our Common Baptism”. In Becoming a Christian: The Ecumenical Implications of Our Common Baptism. Ed. T. F. Best and D. Heller. Faith and Order Paper no. 184. Geneva: WCC, 1999.
“Unity and Tension: Women in the Ecumenical Movement”. In Doing Theology with Asian Resources. Ed. Yeow Choo Lak. Association for Theological Education in South East Asia, 1999.
“Worship and the Search for Christian Unity”. In So We Believe, So We Pray. Ed. T. F. Best and D. Heller. Faith and Order Paper no. 171. Geneva: WCC, 1995.
“Praise the Lord with the Lyre . . .and the Gamelan? Towards Koinonia in Worship”. Janet Crawford and Thomas F. Best. The Ecumenical Review 40 (1994).
“Pilgrimage: Towards an Ecumenical Understanding”. The Ecumenical Review 45 (1993).

Administration:

Melbourne College of Divinity Coursework Studies Committee 2006 –

Melbourne College of Divinity Academic Board 2006 –

Deputy-dean College of the Southern Cross 1996-1999

Postgraduate and Research Committee, School of Theology, University of Auckland 2003 -2004

Auckland Consortium for Theological Education (ACTE) Senate 2000-2001

ACTE Academic Board and Postgraduate Studies Committee 1996-2001

ACTE Appointments Committee 1996-2000

Joint Board of Theological Studies 1998-1990

Community and Professional Service:

· Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue 1998 –2000

· Anglican-Methodist Dialogue 1995 – 1998

· Anglican Commission on Doctrine and Theological Questions 1984 – 1992, 1994 – 2000

· Provincial Board for Ministry 1988 – 1992

· Commission on Ecumenism 1986 – 1992

· Trustee of Kate Edger Charitable Educational Trust 2002 -2005

· Committee of Anglican Historical Association 1996 – 2005

· Standing Commission of the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission 1983 – 1998

Major positions previously held:

1986 – 2002 College of St John the Evangelist, Auckland, and Auckland Consortium for Theological Education, lecturer in Church History and Liturgics
2003 – 2004 Honorary Lecturer in Theology, School of Theology, University of Auckland
2003 – 2005 Lecturer in Anglican Studies, College of St John the Evangelist

Address:

United Faculty of Theology, I Morrison Close, Parkville
dean@uft.unimelb.edu.au