About Sally
Sally Douglas’ work disrupts neat categories. Sally is a biblical scholar, theologian, author, and Uniting Church minister who is committed to attending to the biblical text, early church writings, and feminist and womanist readings. Sally currently serves as Senior Lecturer in New Testament at Pilgrim Theological College within the University of Divinity in Melbourne. She teaches in the field of New Testament, as well as in the fields of theology, and spirituality. Sally has extensive experience working in the mode of “scholar-pastor”. For ten years, she served an inner-city parish, while researching, writing, and teaching. Sally continues to write for both academic and popular-level audiences. Sally’s book Jesus Sophia: Returning to Woman Wisdom in the Bible, Practice, and Prayer was shortlisted for Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2024. Sally’s latest book, Rewilding Prayer: God Beyond Gender, Faith Beyond Formulas was released in October 2025.
Sally’s interdisciplinary research spans biblical studies, early church studies, and theology as she continues to reflexively investigate these sources and the potential implications of re-engaging with, often suppressed, texts in contemporary context. In particular, Sally’s research attends to questions of christology, soteriology, gender, violence, spirituality, and discipleship.
A central question that informs Sally’s research and writing in both academic and popular spheres is “So what?” – “So what might this mean for how we understand ancient texts in light of contemporary research?”; “So what might this mean for understandings of the Divine?” and “So what might this mean for how we live?”
Amidst all of this, Sally seeks to cultivate contemplative prayer practices within her own life and she loves seeing live (loud) music.
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