[1] The group Christian Women Concerned had been formed in 1968 and was the first explicitly religious feminist organisation in Australia.
[2] It was founded by a small ecumenical group of feminist scholars that included Marie Tulip, Dorothy McRae-McMahon and Jean Skuse.
[3][4] Christian Women Concerned began publishing Magdalene in 1973 as a way to disseminate their views more widely.
"[5] Australian sociologist of religion and gender Kathleen McPhillips noted that Magdalene "was a powerful forum for discussion, change and creativity reflecting the early challenges of second wave feminism and its extensive social justice program.
Women-Church: an Australian journal of feminist studies in religion commenced publication in 1987.