Alison Milbank

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Canon
Alison Milbank
Born
Alison Grant Legg

(1954-10-10) 10 October 1954 (age 69)
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Sebastian Milbank
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisDaughters of the House[1] (1988)
Academic work
DisciplineReligious studies
Institutions
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (
Canon Theologian of Southwell Minster
(since 2017)

Alison Grant Milbank (

Canon Theologian at Southwell Minster and a professor at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies.[2]

Early life and education

Milbank was born Alison Grant Legg

University of Lancaster, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1988.[5][6]

Career

Academic career

Milbank was the

University of Middlesex, taught in the English department at the University of Virginia in the United States for five years.[7] She is now an associate professor at the University of Nottingham in the department of theology and religious studies.[5]

Milbank's research and teaching focuses on the relation of religion to culture in the post-Enlightenment period, with particular literary interest in non-realist literary and artistic expression, such as the Gothic, the fantastic, horror and fantasy. She has published a book on the Catholic poetics of J. R. R. Tolkien and G. K. Chesterton. She is currently[clarification needed] working on a book which will trace the theological history of the emergence of the Gothic from the pre-Reformation period to the present day.

Ordained ministry

From 2005 to 2006, Milbank trained for

Canon Theologian of Southwell Minster: she was installed as canon during a service at the cathedral on 15 October 2017.[9]

Personal life

In 1978, she married the theologian

Selected works

References

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  2. ^ "Alison Milbank". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "MILBANK, Prof. (Alasdair) John". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ Milbank, Alison (1954-....) (in French)
  5. ^ a b c "Alison Milbank". Department of Theology and Religious Studies. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Alison Grant Milbank". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ^ Milbank, Alison. "Continuum – Alison Milbank". Continuumbooks.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Who's Who at Southwell Minster". Southwell Minster. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  9. ^ "New Canon Theologian and a Canon Chancellor appointed". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Interview: Alison Milbank, theologian". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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