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Tracey Rowland was born in 1963 and educated by the [[Sisters of Mercy]] in [[Ipswich, Queensland]], and at [[The Range Convent and High School]] in [[Rockhampton]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ng|first=Emilie|date=2015-11-04|title=How a Rockhampton girl took theology to Rome|url=https://catholicleader.com.au/news/how-a-rockhampton-girl-took-aussie-theology-to-rome|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Catholic Leader|language=en-AU}}</ref> She initially studied law and government at the [[University of Queensland]] and earned a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1989. She then studied at the [[University of Melbourne]], where she obtained a Bachelor of Letters in philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in political philosophy in 1992, as well as a graduate diploma in German language and the Goethe Institute's Certificate of German as a Foreign Language the following year.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Professor Tracey Rowland. Curriculum Vitae |url=https://nd-au.academia.edu/TraceyRowland/CurriculumVitae |publisher=nd-au.academia.edu |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> After winning a Commonwealth doctoral scholarship Rowland attended the [[University of Cambridge]] where she completed her PhD in 2001. Her doctoral dissertation<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Tracey|url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21430956310003606|title=After Gaudium Et Spes : The Engagement of a 'post-modern Augustinian Thomism' with the Culture of Modernity|publisher=Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Cambridge. Faculty of Divinity|year=2001|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> was on twentieth century theological engagements with the idea of culture, with reference to the philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre and the theology of Henri de Lubac and Joseph Ratzinger.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Professor Tracey Rowland |url=https://www.notredame.edu.au/about/schools/fremantle/philosophy-and-theology/staff/tracey-rowland |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame Australia]] |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
Tracey Rowland was born in 1963 and educated by the [[Sisters of Mercy]] in [[Ipswich, Queensland]], and at [[The Range Convent and High School]] in [[Rockhampton]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ng|first=Emilie|date=2015-11-04|title=How a Rockhampton girl took theology to Rome|url=https://catholicleader.com.au/news/how-a-rockhampton-girl-took-aussie-theology-to-rome|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Catholic Leader|language=en-AU}}</ref> She initially studied law and government at the [[University of Queensland]] and earned a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1989. She then studied at the [[University of Melbourne]], where she obtained a Bachelor of Letters in philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in political philosophy in 1992, as well as a graduate diploma in German language and the Goethe Institute's Certificate of German as a Foreign Language the following year.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Professor Tracey Rowland. Curriculum Vitae |url=https://nd-au.academia.edu/TraceyRowland/CurriculumVitae |publisher=nd-au.academia.edu |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> After winning a Commonwealth doctoral scholarship Rowland attended the [[University of Cambridge]] where she completed her PhD in 2001. Her doctoral dissertation<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Tracey|url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21430956310003606|title=After Gaudium Et Spes : The Engagement of a 'post-modern Augustinian Thomism' with the Culture of Modernity|publisher=Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Cambridge. Faculty of Divinity|year=2001|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> was on twentieth century theological engagements with the idea of culture, with reference to the philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre and the theology of Henri de Lubac and Joseph Ratzinger.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Professor Tracey Rowland |url=https://www.notredame.edu.au/about/schools/fremantle/philosophy-and-theology/staff/tracey-rowland |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame Australia]] |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>


In 2001 she became the inaugural [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the [[Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family]] in [[Melbourne]], a role she held until 2017. During this period she continued her theological studies at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], where she obtained her [[Licentiate in Sacred Theology]] and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology. In 2010 she also graduated from the [[University of London]] with a degree in education.<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, Rowland was appointed as the St John Paul II Research Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She is a dame of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre]] and a dame of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, [[Rhodes]] and [[Malta]], commonly known as the [[Knights Hospitaller]]. In 2014 she was appointed as a member of Pope Francis' [[International Theological Commission]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Professor Tracey Rowland ODM|url=https://australiancatholicstudents.org/people/professor-tracey-rowland-odm|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Australian Catholic Students Association|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Members of the International Theological Commission|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_index-members_en.html|access-date=2021-02-04|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In 2016 she delivered the prestigious [[Cardinal Winning]] Memorial Lecture at the [[University of Glasgow]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schall|first=James V.|date=2016-02-11|title=The Theological Foundation of Catholic Education|url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/the-theological-foundation-of-catholic-education|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Crisis Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020 Rowland won the [[Ratzinger Prize]] for Theology, making her the first Australian and only the third woman to ever receive this award. An annual award to two individuals, and coming with AUD$125,000 prize money, [[Pope Francis]] announced in October 2020 that Rowland would share the award with French philosopher [[Jean-Luc Marion]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writers|date=2020-10-01|title=Aussie academic wins prestigious prize for theology|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/aussie-academic-wins-prestigious-prize-for-theology/|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Catholic Weekly|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Australian professor and French philosopher win Ratzinger Prize|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46060/australian-professor-and-french-philosopher-win-ratzinger-prize|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Catholic News Agency|language=en}}</ref>
In 2001 she became the inaugural [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the [[Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family]] in [[Melbourne]], a role she held until 2017. During this period she continued her theological studies at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], where she obtained her [[Licentiate in Sacred Theology]] and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology. In 2010 she also graduated from the [[University of London]] with a degree in education.<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, Rowland was appointed as the St John Paul II Research Professor at the [[University of Notre Dame Australia]]. She is a dame of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre]] and a dame of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, [[Rhodes]] and [[Malta]], commonly known as the [[Knights Hospitaller]]. In 2014 she was appointed as a member of Pope Francis' [[International Theological Commission]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Professor Tracey Rowland ODM|url=https://australiancatholicstudents.org/people/professor-tracey-rowland-odm|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Australian Catholic Students Association|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Members of the International Theological Commission|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_index-members_en.html|access-date=2021-02-04|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In 2016 she delivered the prestigious [[Cardinal Winning]] Memorial Lecture at the [[University of Glasgow]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schall|first=James V.|date=2016-02-11|title=The Theological Foundation of Catholic Education|url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/the-theological-foundation-of-catholic-education|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Crisis Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020 Rowland won the [[Ratzinger Prize]] for Theology, making her the first Australian and only the third woman to ever receive this award. An annual award to two individuals, and coming with AUD$125,000 prize money, [[Pope Francis]] announced in October 2020 that Rowland would share the award with French philosopher [[Jean-Luc Marion]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writers|date=2020-10-01|title=Aussie academic wins prestigious prize for theology|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/aussie-academic-wins-prestigious-prize-for-theology/|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Catholic Weekly|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Australian professor and French philosopher win Ratzinger Prize|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46060/australian-professor-and-french-philosopher-win-ratzinger-prize|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Catholic News Agency|language=en}}</ref>


A reviewer of her second book, ''Ratzinger's faith'', notes that the volume "is an important contribution to understanding not only Ratzinger the theologian but also the Roman Catholic Church after Vatican II--and the challenges and opportunities the church specifically and the Christian faith generally face in the early 21st century".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Presa|first=Neil D.|date=2011|title=Review: Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2011.00114.x|journal=The Ecumenical Review|language=en|volume=63|issue=2|pages=240–242|doi=10.1111/j.1758-6623.2011.00114.x|via=}}</ref> Reviewers of her book ''Catholic Theology'' have said that it is "a work which deserves wide readership"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gourlay|first=Thomas|date=2018|title=Review: Catholic Theology|url=https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theo_article/171|journal=[[Heythrop Journal]]|volume=59|issue=2|pages=368–70|doi=10.1111/heyj.12894 |via=}}</ref> and that "we are indebted to Tracey Rowland for this significant theological achievement and valuable teaching resource".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Tom|date=|title=Review: Tracey Rowland's 'Catholic Theology'|url=https://aquinas-academy.com/news/776-review-tracey-rowland-s-catholic-theology|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-04|website=aquinas-academy.com}}</ref>
A reviewer of her second book, ''Ratzinger's faith'', notes that the volume "is an important contribution to understanding not only Ratzinger the theologian but also the Roman Catholic Church after Vatican II--and the challenges and opportunities the church specifically and the Christian faith generally face in the early 21st century".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Presa|first=Neil D.|date=2011|title=Review: Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2011.00114.x|journal=The Ecumenical Review|language=en|volume=63|issue=2|pages=240–242|doi=10.1111/j.1758-6623.2011.00114.x|via=}}</ref> Reviewers of her book ''Catholic Theology'' have said that it is "a work which deserves wide readership"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gourlay|first=Thomas|date=2018|title=Review: Catholic Theology|url=https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theo_article/171|journal=[[Heythrop Journal]]|volume=59|issue=2|pages=368–70|doi=10.1111/heyj.12894 |via=}}</ref> and that "we are indebted to Tracey Rowland for this significant theological achievement and valuable teaching resource".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Tom|date=|title=Review: Tracey Rowland's 'Catholic Theology'|url=https://aquinas-academy.com/news/776-review-tracey-rowland-s-catholic-theology|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-04|website=aquinas-academy.com}}</ref>

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Tracey Rowland
Born1963
Ipswich, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Academic, theologian
Known forAppointment to Pope Francis' International Theological Commission in 2014
AwardsRatzinger Prize

Tracey Rowland (born 1963) is an Australian Roman Catholic theologian and professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She was appointed to Pope Francis' International Theological Commission in 2014 and in 2020 became the first Australian, and third woman, to be awarded the Ratzinger Prize for theology.

Life and career

Tracey Rowland was born in 1963 and educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Ipswich, Queensland, and at The Range Convent and High School in Rockhampton.[1] She initially studied law and government at the University of Queensland and earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1989. She then studied at the University of Melbourne, where she obtained a Bachelor of Letters in philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in political philosophy in 1992, as well as a graduate diploma in German language and the Goethe Institute's Certificate of German as a Foreign Language the following year.[2] After winning a Commonwealth doctoral scholarship Rowland attended the University of Cambridge where she completed her PhD in 2001. Her doctoral dissertation[3] was on twentieth century theological engagements with the idea of culture, with reference to the philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre and the theology of Henri de Lubac and Joseph Ratzinger.[4]

In 2001 she became the inaugural dean of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Melbourne, a role she held until 2017. During this period she continued her theological studies at the Pontifical Lateran University, where she obtained her Licentiate in Sacred Theology and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology. In 2010 she also graduated from the University of London with a degree in education.[2] In 2017, Rowland was appointed as the St John Paul II Research Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She is a dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and a dame of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller. In 2014 she was appointed as a member of Pope Francis' International Theological Commission.[5][6] In 2016 she delivered the prestigious Cardinal Winning Memorial Lecture at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.[7] In 2020 Rowland won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology, making her the first Australian and only the third woman to ever receive this award. An annual award to two individuals, and coming with AUD$125,000 prize money, Pope Francis announced in October 2020 that Rowland would share the award with French philosopher Jean-Luc Marion.[8][9]

A reviewer of her second book, Ratzinger's faith, notes that the volume "is an important contribution to understanding not only Ratzinger the theologian but also the Roman Catholic Church after Vatican II--and the challenges and opportunities the church specifically and the Christian faith generally face in the early 21st century".[10] Reviewers of her book Catholic Theology have said that it is "a work which deserves wide readership"[11] and that "we are indebted to Tracey Rowland for this significant theological achievement and valuable teaching resource".[12]

Rowland has published over 150 articles in all and has edited a collection of essays on Anglican patrimony for publication with Bloomsbury,[13] a collection of essays on the subject of healing fractures in fundamental theology (with Peter McGregor) and a book on early to mid-20th-century German theology with a special focus on the mentors of the Ratzinger generation, Illuminating Hope: Defenders of Christian Humanism after Kant and Nietzsche (London: Bloomsbury, 2021).

In 2023 Rowland was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, an internationally renowned research academy established by Pope John Paul II in 1994. This is a ten-year appointment and Rowland is the second Australian to receive the honour.[14][15]

Awards

Select publications

  • Rowland, Tracey (2021), Beyond Kant and Nietzsche : The Munich Defence of Christian Humanism, London Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN 978-0-567-70316-3
  • Rowland, Tracey (26 April 2019), Portraits of spiritual nobility : chivalry, Christendom, and Catholic culture, Angelico Press (published 2019), ISBN 978-1-62138-447-2
  • Rowland, Tracey (2017), Catholic theology, London Bloomsbury T&T Clark, ISBN 978-0-567-65767-1
  • Rowland, Tracey (2017), The culture of the Incarnation : essays in Catholic theology, Steubenville Emmaus Academic, ISBN 978-1-945125-52-2
  • Rowland, Tracey (2010), Benedict XVI : a guide for the perplexed, T & T Clark, ISBN 978-0-567-24165-8
  • Rowland, Tracey (6 March 2008), Ratzinger's faith : the theology of Pope Benedict XVI, Oxford University Press (published 2008), ISBN 978-0-19-920740-4
  • Rowland, Tracey (2003), Culture and the Thomist tradition : after Vatican II, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-30527-3

References

  1. ^ Ng, Emilie (4 November 2015). "How a Rockhampton girl took theology to Rome". The Catholic Leader. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Tracey Rowland. Curriculum Vitae". nd-au.academia.edu. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ Rowland, Tracey (2001). After Gaudium Et Spes : The Engagement of a 'post-modern Augustinian Thomism' with the Culture of Modernity. Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Cambridge. Faculty of Divinity.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Tracey Rowland". University of Notre Dame Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Professor Tracey Rowland ODM". Australian Catholic Students Association. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Members of the International Theological Commission". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. ^ Schall, James V. (11 February 2016). "The Theological Foundation of Catholic Education". Crisis Magazine. Retrieved 4 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Staff Writers (1 October 2020). "Aussie academic wins prestigious prize for theology". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Australian professor and French philosopher win Ratzinger Prize". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Presa, Neil D. (2011). "Review: Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI". The Ecumenical Review. 63 (2): 240–242. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6623.2011.00114.x.
  11. ^ Gourlay, Thomas (2018). "Review: Catholic Theology". Heythrop Journal. 59 (2): 368–70. doi:10.1111/heyj.12894.
  12. ^ Ryan, Tom. "Review: Tracey Rowland's 'Catholic Theology'". aquinas-academy.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Rowland, Tracey (2021). The Anglican Patrimony in Catholic Communion: the Gift of the Ordinariates. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780567700247.
  14. ^ Comini, Rebecca (8 June 2023). "Australian appointed to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences". CathNews. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  15. ^ Dame, Notre (6 June 2023). "Notre Dame Research Academic Appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences". Notre Dame. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  16. ^ Olson, Carl E. (11 June 2012). "Prof. Tracey Rowland awarded The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland". www.catholicworldreport.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Australian academic Rowland wins prestigious Ratzinger Prize for theology". No. Oct 1, 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Notre Dame academic Professor Tracey Rowland awarded Ratzinger Prize for Theology". No. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  19. ^ Rosengren, Peter (2 October 2020). "Q@A with Ratzinger Prize winner Dr Tracey Rowland". Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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