Reverend Canon Dr Marian Free
Sessional Lecturer in Paul and His Letters
PhD (UQ), DipEd (Sydney Teacher’s College), BA (UQ)
Profile
Marian Free is sessional lecturer at St Francis College and Canon of St John’s Cathedral. She has recently retired from full-time ministry, but continues to play a role in the life of the Diocese.
Marian has been an Anglican priest for 26 years and, for much of that time, also a lecturer. She holds a Diploma in Education from Sydney Teacher’s College and a PhD from the University of Queensland.
Marian is passionate about the New Testament and gains a great deal of pleasure from sharing that passion with students. She teaches the Letters of Paul and other New Testament subjects or Christian Worship.
During her ministry, Marian has served the Diocese in a variety of ways including as a Canon of St John’s Cathedral and a former member of Diocesan Council.
Marian enjoys sewing, gardening, reading, travelling, cooking and movies. Her family, including three grandchildren, is a source of great joy.
Publications
That Our Joy May be Complete, eds Marian Free, Rosemary Gill, Jonathan Holland, John Mainstone, Adelaide: Open Book, 2000.
Free, Marian. “Paul’s inclusive Gospel.” in Pieces of Ease and Grace. Ed. Alan H. Cadwallader. Adelaide: ATF Theology. 2013,135-150.
Free, Marian. “Liturgy and the Bible.” in The Once and Future Scriptures. Ed. Gregory C. Jenks. Oregon: Polebridge Press, 2013, 95-112.
Free, Marian. “Encountering God in the Letters of Saint Paul.” in Encountering God: Face-to-face with the Divine. Ed Nigel Leaves, Victoria: Morning Star Publishing, 2014, 53-70.
2022 – Chapter (yet to be published) in The Afterlives of Jesus. Ed. The Very Rev’d Dr Greg Jenks.
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