John Milbank
English Anglican theologian (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alasdair John Milbank (born 23 October 1952) is an English Anglo-Catholic theologian and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham,[28] where he is President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy.[29] Milbank previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge and the University of Lancaster. He is also chairman of the trustees of the think tank ResPublica.
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Born | Alasdair John Milbank (1952-10-23) 23 October 1952 (age 71) Kings Langley, England |
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Thesis | The Priority of the Made (1986) |
Doctoral advisor | Leon Pompa |
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Milbank founded the radical orthodoxy movement.[30] His work crosses disciplinary boundaries, integrating subjects such as systematic theology, social theory, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy, political theory, and political theology. He first gained recognition after publishing Theology and Social Theory in 1990, which laid the theoretical foundations for the movement which later became known as radical orthodoxy. In recent years he has collaborated on three books with philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Creston Davis, entitled Theology and the Political: The New Debate (2005), The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic (2009), and Paul's New Moment: Continental Philosophy and the Future of Christian Theology (2010). Milbank delivered the Stanton Lectures at Cambridge in 2011.[31] Milbank's friendship and substantial intellectual common ground with David Bentley Hart has been noted several times by both thinkers.[32]