Dr Paul Martin

Biography/ Background

I have been working in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences since June 2007.

I previously worked at the University of South Australia, initially in the Library, from 1989 to 1999, and then in the Division of Business and Enterprise, from 1999 to 2005, as Administrator of the Centre of Business Analysis and Research (CoBAR).

Qualifications

BA(LIM) University of South Australia, 1997

MA (Rel. Stud.) University of South Australia, 2001

PhD University of Queensland, 2007 (Abstract available here)

Research Interests

1. Philosophy of religious experience (Mysticism)

2. Phenomenology and Post-structuralism

3. Religion and Science

Research Funding

I received a 16-week finishing scholarship from the University of Queensland, August to November 2006.

Publications

Conference Presentations (Unrefereed papers)

Martin, Paul 2002, 'Metaphor and the Mirror of Comparison', at The Australian Association for the Study of Religions Conference, 5-7 July 2002, Armidale, University of New England.

Martin Paul C. 2006, 'The Artfulness of Mystical Perspective', at Alternative Expressions of the Numinous Conference, 18 - 20 August 2006, Brisbane, University of Queensland.

Martin, Paul C. 2008, 'Shekhinah and Shakti: Prismatic References for the Realisation of the Infinite God', at the Australian Association of Jewish Studies 20th Anniversary Conference 2008, 17-18 February 2008, Melbourne, Monash University.

Journal Papers (Refereed)

Martin, P. and Metcalfe, M. 2001, 'Informing the Knowledge Workers', Reference Services Review, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 267-75.

Martin, P. 2001, 'Love and Beauty in the Presence of God: Pathways through Beguine and Tantric Mysticisms', Magistra, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 23-63.

Martin, Paul C. 2004, 'The Body in the Realm of Desire: Gendered Images on the Horizon of the Divine', Mystics Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 99-125 [An author upload of this paper is available from UQ eSpace while the published version is available from JSTOR.]

Working Papers

Martin, Paul C. 2009, 'The Erotic Imaginary of Divine Realization in Kabbalistic and Tantric Metaphysics'.

Martin, Paul C. 2010, 'On Discerning the Realm of God in the Thought of Kabbalah and Tantra'.

Martin, Paul C. 2010, 'The Place of Speculation in Kabbalah and Tantra'.

Martin, Paul C. 2011, 'The Feminine in the Making of God: Highlighting the Sensible Topography of Divinity'.

Manuscript in preparation

'Beholding Religion in the Mirror of Comparison'

Professional Associations

Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy

Community Engagement

I am a member of the Library Operations Group at Sophia Library, in the Sophia spirituality centre.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 12 Jan 2012