Ms Rachel Starr
- Position
- Methodist Tutor (Biblical Studies)
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Rachel has been a tutor at Queens since 2010. She teaches the Introduction to Old Testament module. She was formally a member of staff at the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme (STETS) in Salisbury.
In between, she spent three years in Buenos Aires completing doctoral studies at the Instituto Superior Evangélico de Estudios Teológicos (Instituto Universitario ISEDET). During this time, she volunteered with the Ecumenical Movement for Human Rights (MEDH), accompanying local human rights groups, or defensorías, which train women to challenge violence in the home and in public. Her doctoral research uses women’s experiences of domestic violence to interrogate Christian theologies of marriage.
Rachel completed her BA (Hons) in Theology at St John's College, Oxford and her Master of Sacred Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.
Despite her travels, Rachel is originally from Wolverhampton and has worked for Christian Aid in Birmingham, so Queen’s is familiar territory.
Rachel remains passionate about Latin America, and enjoys making use of her Spanish, engaging with Latin American cinema and literature, and creating vegan versions of Latin American culinary classics!
Publications
David Holgate and Rachel Starr (2006) The SCM Study guide to Biblical Hermeneutics, London: SCM Press
Carolina Clavero White, Miriam Solares, Rachel Starr and Mónica C. Ukaski (2010) "Violence against Women in the River Plate Region: Networks of Resistance" in Feminist Theology 18/3 (May 2010), pp.294-308.
Rachel Starr (2007) "The Bread and Cup Pass Me By" in Ruth Burgess, Fire and Bread: Resources from Easter Day to Trinity Sunday, Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications, pp.273-4.
Rachel Starr (2001) "Being White: Challenging White Supremacy" in The Methodist Church Racial Justice Office, Strangers No More: Transformation through Racial Justice, London: The Methodist Church, pp.40-4.