About the Author
Depending on what time of day it is, I am one or more of the following:
- a writer and researcher specializing in masculinity and spirituality
- an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University
- an Honorary Postdoctoral Associate at Melbourne College of Divinity
- Editor of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality.
My academic output includes:
- Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy (monograph)
- 2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse and The Best of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (edited books)
- Articles in Feminist Theology, CrossCurrents, Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies, The Journal of Men’s Studies and New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry
- Talks at Monash University, La Trobe University, RMIT University and the University of Otago.
My non-academic output includes:
- The Masculinity Conspiracy (online book)
- TV interviews on Channel 7’s Today Tonight and Channel 10′s The Project. ABC Radio National interviews on The Spirit of Things and Life Matters. Triple J interviews on Sunday Night Safran and The Hack. Local radio interviews on numerous stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Canberra and Brisbane.
- Talks at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the MindBodySpirit Festival, Entheogenesis Australis, Sea of Faith, and the Atheist Society
- Articles in numerous publications such as The Guardian, Spirituality & Health, Fate and The Tablet.
In the past I have:
- Completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol
- Been a researcher with Bible Society
- Undertaken editorial projects at the University of London Library and London School of Economics
- Completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington.
I live on the bleeding edge of gentrification in Melbourne’s Wild West.
Feel free to contact me on joseph@gelfer.net
Photo by Laki Sideris.
