Doctor Kathleen Openshaw
Equity and Diversity Coordinator,
Anthropology & Sociology
Lecturer in Social Sciences,
Anthropology & Sociology
Biography
Dr Kathleen Openshaw is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, where she also completed her PhD. She has a Master’s degree in Anthropology and Development Studies (Maynooth University, Ireland). Kathleen’s main research interests are Pentecostalisms from the Global South, the spiritual lives of migrants and material religion. Her PhD research was an ethnography of the Brazilian megachurch The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Australia. Kathleen is currently a member of the research team for an ARC Discovery Project, "The African Diaspora and Pentecostalism in Australia". She is also co-editor (with C. Rocha and M. Hutchinson) of Australasian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments from the Margins. Leiden: Brill (2020).
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Qualifications
- PhD Western Sydney University
Professional Memberships
- Australian Anthropological Society (2015)
- The International Society for the Sociology of Religion (2016)
- Member Integrity Committee European Association of Social Anthropologists (2023 - 2025)
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Anthropology & Sociology
- Anthropology & Sociology
Contact
| Email: | K.Openshaw@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | n/a |
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| Location: | LIVERPOOL 3 08 |
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Teaching
Current Teaching Areas
- CULT2005 Ethics in the Social Sciences
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101555 Ethics in the Social Sciences, 2020
- 101555 Ethics in the Social Sciences, 2021
- 101557 The Individual in Society, 2020
- CULT2005 Ethics in the Social Sciences, 2022
Publications
Books
- Rocha, C., Hutchinson, M. and Openshaw, K. (2020), 'Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments From the Margins', : Koninklijke Brill 9789004425781.
Chapters in Books
- Possamai, A. and Openshaw, K. (2022), 'Religion ', An Introduction to Sociology, Sage Publications 9781526492807.
- Openshaw, K. (2021), 'Universal Church of the Kingdom of God', Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism, Brill 9789004297449.
- Hutchinson, M., Rocha, C. and Openshaw, K. (2020), 'Introduction : Australian charismatic movements as a space of flows', Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments From the Margins, Koninklijke Brill 9789004425781.
- Openshaw, K. (2020), 'Extraordinary sacrifice and transnational spiritual capital in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God', Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments From the Margins, Koninklijke Brill 9789004425781.
- Openshaw, K. (2020), 'Spiritual flows and obstructions : local deliverance in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God', The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism in Christianity, Springer Nature 9783030431723.
- Openshaw, K. (2018), ''Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever' : faith memory, crisis and how reborn members of the redeemed Christian Church of God make home in Ireland', Memory and Recovery in Times of Crisis, Taylor & Francis 9781472481122.
Journal Articles
- Possamai, A., Presterudstuen, G. and Openshaw, K. (2022), 'Nothing to declare... apart from Holy Water : sacralizing borders and securitizing spiritual things in Fiji', Material Religion, vol 18, no 3 , pp 376 - 381.
- Possamai, A., Openshaw, K., Khosronejad, P., Rasheed, A. and Mubashar, A. (2022), 'Ramadan : devotion, compassion, and purification in Sydney', Contemporary Islam, vol 16 , pp 193 - 207.
- Openshaw, K. (2021), 'The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Australia : a church of non-Brazilian migrants', Social Compass, vol 68, no 2 , pp 231 - 244.
- Rocha, C., Openshaw, K. and Vokes, R. (2021), ''Middle-class' Africans in Australia : choosing Hillsong as a global home', Culture and Religion, vol 22, no 1 , pp 25 - 45.
- Openshaw, K. (2019), 'The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Australia : local congregants and a global spiritual network', Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, vol 32, no 1 , pp 27 - 48.
- Openshaw, K. (2014), '"Being on fire for Jesus" : faith memory and how reborn members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God make home in Ireland', Irish Journal of Anthropology, vol 17, no 1 , pp 34 - 39.
Other Publications
- 2023, 'African Expressions of Christianity in Australia', Report
- 2017, 'Community Services and the Women of Greater Western Sydney', Report
Supervision
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Religion, identity and sense of belonging of African diaspora youth in Western Australia |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Following the Path of Saints: The Sufi-based practice of Short Pilgrimage to Mecca (Umrah) in Interwoven Pilgrimage Field, Indonesia |
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| Thesis Title: | A Critical Investigation of How a Co-Designed Engagement Program Influences Beliefs, Climate Action and Community Resilience Among Members of African Independent Churches in South Africa. |
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| Thesis Title: | Awakened Women - Yoga teachers and their communities in Australia |
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Media
| Title: | Navigating stasis and mobility: The journey of anointing oil |
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| Description: | The Religious Studies Project (2020) |