Reverend Dr Ruth Mathieson
Executive Director and Principal, St Francis College
PhD (Charles Sturt), MTh (Charles Sturt), B.Th. (Hons) (Flinders), DipPS (ACD), Grad Dip Ed (SACAE), BSc (Hons) (Adelaide)
Profile
Ruth began as Principal of St Francis College in July 2022, following 10 years of sessional teaching of New Testament subjects at St Barnabas College and 25 years of ordained ministry in parishes and schools in the Diocese of Adelaide.
Ruth’s research interest is in socio-rhetorical and postcolonial interpretation of biblical text, especially the Gospel of Matthew. She has enjoyed giving presentations and leading bible studies at clergy conferences in the Dioceses of Adelaide, Southern Queensland and Grafton, and appreciates the opportunity to preach in a variety of parishes of the Diocese. New to the Anglican Church Southern Queensland, Ruth is enjoying living in Brisbane and exploring the region.
Academic Conference Presentations
2023 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), November, San Antonio.
Matthew’s reconfiguration of (Subcultural) Sectarian Rhetoric
2023 Fellowship of Biblical Studies (FBS), September, Sydney.
Seeking (the meaning of) the missing wedding garment in Matt 22:11-13: A History of Interpretation of ἔνδυμα γάμου
2023 Society of Biblical Literature International (SBLI), July, Pretoria, South Africa.
Exploring the royal command to “bind hands and feet” in Matthew 22:13 as an allusion to the work of the Archangel Raphael restraining evil beings in Tobit 8:3 (GII) and 1 Enoch 10:4.
2021 Sydney College of Divinity Gospel and Acts Research Centre Conference
2019 Sydney College of Divinity Gospel and Acts Research Centre Conference.
2018 Fellowship for Biblical Studies (FBS), Sydney.
2017 Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS), Adelaide.
2016 Fellowship for Biblical Studies (FBS), Melbourne.
Publications
2023 Matthew’s Parable of the Royal Wedding Feast: A Sociorhetorical Interpretation. Emory Studies in Early Christianity Volume 26. Published by SBL Press, Atlanta, US.
2013 “Ruth and Naomi.” Pages 17–33 in Pieces of Ease and Grace, edited by Alan Cadwallader, published by Australian Theological Forum Press, South Australia.
2012 “Anglican schools as mission-shaped communities of faith.” Pages 271–88 in Ministry in Anglican Schools: Principles and Practicalities, edited by Tom Frame, published by Barton Books, Canberra, Australia.