Carmen Bernabé Ubieta (born 1957, in Bilbao) is a theologian, specialising in biblical theology, including Joanic Studies, Early Christianity, and Women and Christianity. Since 1990, Bernabé is a lecturer in Theology at the Universidad de Deusto, in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.
Her work is best known for her revisions of the Joanic tradition, and her research on feminist theology, but she has also written on post-colonial readings of early Christian texts, and a wide range of other areas. In her discussion of Apocalyptic narratives in Early Christian communities, for example, she has analysed the development of "a political theology of active non-violent resistance" whereby symbolism and imagery encode "a critique, and a stern condemnation, of the totalitarian system of Imperial Rome, its values, its methods, its claim to divinity".Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, "El Apocalipsis: Una Postura de Resistencia ante el Imperio", Rafael Aguirre ed., 'Asi Empezo el Cristianismo', Estella: Verbo Divino, 2010, pp. 357-65, pp. 363, 365.
Bernabé publishes mostly in Spanish. Her publications include the monographs 'Mary Magdalen: Traditions in Early Christianity' (1994),Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, 'María Magdalena: tradiciones en el cristianismo primitivo'. Estella, Navarra : Verbo Divino, 1994. 'Between the Kitchen and the Town Square: Woman in Early Christianity' (1998),Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, 'Entre la cocina y la plaza: la mujer en el primitivo cristianismo'. Ediciones SM, 1998. 'Distinct and Distinguished: Women in the Bible and in History' (1995, with Mercedes Navarro),Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, 'Distintas y distinguidas: mujeres en la Biblia y en la historia'. Publicaciones Claretianas, 1995. and numerous edited collections, and scholarly essays. Her most recent publications deal with the Joanic tradition and the historical traces of Mary Magdalen, in "'Recalling the spirit to reach the whole truth': Memory and Re-Readings in John's Gospel" (2017),Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, "Recordar en el espíritu para llegar a la verdad completa: memoria y relecturas en el Evangelio de Juan". Reseña bíblica: Revista trimestral de la Asociación Bíblica Española, ISSN 1134-5233, Nº. 95, 2017, págs. 5-13. and "Mary Magdalen, Apostle" (2016).Carmen Bernabé Ubieta, "María Magdalena, apóstol". Vida Nueva, ISSN 0505-4605, Nº. 2993, 2016, pág. 7.
Bernabé is Director of the Spanish Biblical Association/Asociación Bíblica Española (ABE) since 2016, having acted as assistant director since 2010. She was President of the Spanish Association of Women Theologians/Asociación de Teólogas Españolas (ATE) in 2010-16, having been a founding member since 1992.
Bernabé also works as general editor for the collection Aletheia (EVD), linked to ATE, and specialising on feminist theology. She was part of the Editorial team of the collection Deusto Theological Notebooks/ Cuadernos Teología Deusto (1995-2009), and General Editor of the collection in 2006-2009. In addition, Bernabé is co-editor of the Biblical Studies/ Estudios Bíblicos journal since 2010, and was General Editor of ABE publications in 2010- 2016.
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