Alison Milbank
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Alison Milbank is a professor at the University of Nottingham
in the theology and religious studies department.
Milbank studied theology and English literature at the University of Cambridge
and then completed a doctorate at the University of Lancaster. She was the John Rylands Research Institute Fellow at the University of Manchester
and, after temporary lectureships at Cambridge and the university of Middlesex, taught in the English department at the University of Virginia
in the United States for five years.
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 is currently working on a study of the theological importance of the Gothic double or doppelganger as it relates to theories of sacrifice and also a book on the Catholic poetics of J. R. R. Tolkien
and G. K. Chesterton
.
Milbank is married to the theologian John Milbank
who is one of the principal exponents of Radical Orthodoxy
.
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
in the theology and religious studies department.
Milbank studied theology and English literature at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and then completed a doctorate at the University of Lancaster. She was the John Rylands Research Institute Fellow at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
and, after temporary lectureships at Cambridge and the university of Middlesex, taught in the English department at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
in the United States for five years.
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 is currently working on a study of the theological importance of the Gothic double or doppelganger as it relates to theories of sacrifice and also a book on the Catholic poetics of J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
and G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction....
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Milbank is married to the theologian John Milbank
John Milbank
Alasdair John Milbank is a Christian theologian and the Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham where he also directs the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Milbank previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge...
who is one of the principal exponents of Radical Orthodoxy
Radical orthodoxy
Radical Orthodoxy is Christian theological and philosophical school of thought which makes use of postmodern philosophy to reject the paradigm of modernity...
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Works
- Chesterton and Tolkien as theologians: the fantasy of the real, T & T Clark, 2007, ISBN 978-0-567-04094-7
External links
- Interview with Dr Alison Milbank author of Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians, Tolkien Library, 22.10.07