Miranda PillayMiranda Pillay, (now retired) senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) remains affiliated to this institution where her current academic status is that of research fellow. Describing herself as a Theo-ethical Feminist Biblical schoar she continues to research, write and speak from her experience as a 'coloured' woman of faith living in a (post-apartheid) South African context. She serves on the Theological Advisory Council on Gender-based Violence of the South African Faith and Family Institute (SAFFI) which gives her a platform to explore the interrelatedness between theory and praxis. Her relationship with this (and other) organizations involves working on gender-justice issues from inter-faith and multi-cultural perspectives. Based on insights gained from Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics, Womanist Ethics, and the research and writing done by the Circle of Concerned African Woman Theologians, Miranda Pillay's current research focus is primarily on the impact of skewed gender power-relations - a lived-reality often justified by the ways traditions and religions uphold, defend, maintain and reinscribe normative patriarchal power. As a member of the Anglican Church Miranda Pillay continues to serve the community on parish, Diocesan and Provincial levels in her capacity as gender-justice activist and theologian. Read More Read Less