Alison Milbank
Canon Alison Milbank | |
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Born | Alison Grant Legg 10 October 1954 |
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Sebastian Milbank |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Daughters of the House[1] (1988) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies |
Institutions | |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity ( Canon Theologian of Southwell Minster (since 2017) |
Alison Grant Milbank (
Early life and education
Milbank was born Alison Grant Legg
Career
Academic career
Milbank was the
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
Personal life
In 1978, she married the theologian
Selected works
- God and the Gothic: Religion, Romance and Reality in the English Literary Tradition, Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-882446-6
- Dante and the Victorians. Manchester University Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-7190-3700-9.
- Chesterton and Tolkien as theologians: the fantasy of the real, T & T Clark, 2007, ISBN 978-0-567-04094-7
- Ann Ward Radcliffe (1995). Alison Milbank (ed.). The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-282357-1.
- Ann Ward Radcliffe (2008). Alison Milbank (ed.). A Sicilian Romance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-953739-6.
- Milbank, Alison (1992). Daughters of the House: modes of the gothic in Victorian fiction. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333566152.
- Alison Milbank, ed. (2007). Beating the traffic: Josephine Butler and Anglican social action on prostitution today. Winchester: George Mann. ISBN 978-0955241543.
- Milbank, Alison; Davison, Andrew (2010). For the Parish: a critique of fresh expressions. London: SCM Press. ISBN 978-0334043652.
References
- OCLC 499196121.
- ^ "Alison Milbank". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ a b "MILBANK, Prof. (Alasdair) John". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ Milbank, Alison (1954-....) (in French)
- ^ a b c "Alison Milbank". Department of Theology and Religious Studies. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alison Grant Milbank". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ Milbank, Alison. "Continuum – Alison Milbank". Continuumbooks.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Who's Who at Southwell Minster". Southwell Minster. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ "New Canon Theologian and a Canon Chancellor appointed". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Interview: Alison Milbank, theologian". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2024.