Robin Gill (priest)
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Robin Morton Gill (born 18 July 1944) is a British
Scottish Episcopal church, serving in the dioceses of Coventry, of Edinburgh, of Newcastle, and of Canterbury
.
Early life and education
Gill was born on 18 July 1944.Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc) degree in 1972.[2]
Career
Gill was
priest-in-charge of St Philip's and St James', Edinburgh from 1973 to 1975 in the Diocese of Edinburgh and priest-in-charge of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ford, Northumberland from 1975 to 1987 in the Diocese of Newcastle.[2] He served as associate dean of Edinburgh's faculty of theology from 1985 to 1988.[3][1] He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1986.[1]
In 1988, Gill was appointed William Leech
Honorary Provincial Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1992.[1][2][4] He served as Chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Medical Ethics Advisory Group between 1993 and 2006.[3] From 1997 to 1998, he was a theological consultant at the 1998 Lambeth Conference.[3][5] From 2003 to 2011, he was additionally an honorary priest-in-charge of All Saints Church, Hollingbourne in the Diocese of Canterbury.[2] He stepped down as Michael Ramsey Professor in 2011 and was appointed Professor of Applied Theology.[3]
On 4 November 2012, Gill was installed as
emeritus professor.[3] He has held permission to officiate
in the
Diocese of Canterbury since 2014.[2] From 2017 to 2020, he was Acting Dean of Gibraltar Cathedral.[7][8]
Views
Gill has expressed support for partial-decriminalisation of
foetal viability (22 weeks): "In terms of the gradualist position it would be consistent to reduce both the upper limit for abortions and the procedures that may be delaying first trimester abortions unnecessarily."[10]
Personal life
In 1967, Gill married Jennifer Margaret Sheppard. Together they have two children: one son and one daughter.[1]
Selected works
- Gill, Robin (1985). A textbook of Christian ethics. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567291278.
- Gill, Robin (1995). A textbook of Christian ethics (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 978-0567292803.
- Gill, Robin (2006). Health care and Christian ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521857239.
- Gill, Robin (2010). New challenges for Christians: from test-tube babies to euthanasia. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. ISBN 978-0281062805.
- Gill, Robin, ed. (2012). The Cambridge companion to Christian ethics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107000070.
- Gill, Robin (2014). Textbook of Christian ethics (4th ed.). London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0567621641.
- Gill, Robin (2017). Moral passion and Christian ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107176829.
- Gill, Robin (2020). Christian ethics: the basics. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0367331108.
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "Robin Morton Gill". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Professor Robin Gill". University of Kent. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "College of Canons". Canterbury Cathedral. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Prof. Robin Gill". The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Professor Robin Gill installed as Canon Theologian". eurobishop.blogspot.co.uk. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "History". Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Gibraltar. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Clergy - Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Gibraltar". www.holytrinitygibraltar.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013.
- ^ Doward, Jamie (16 January 2005). "Church ends taboo on mercy killings". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Written Evidence: Memorandum 15, Submission from Professor Rev Robin Gill and Professor Michael Ramsay, University of Kent". Parliament of the United Kingdom. August 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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