- James Alison
Dr. James Alison (born 1959) is a Catholic theologian and author. He is noted for his work on
gay issues and the application ofRené Girard 's anthropological theory in theology.James Alison studied at
Blackfriars, Oxford University, and earned his bachelors and master’s degrees and doctorate inTheology from theJesuit Theology Faculty inBelo Horizonte ,Brazil . He was a member of theDominican Order from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he lives in England, his native country.Books
*"Knowing Jesus" (
1994 ) ISBN 0-87243-202-5, ISBN 0-281-04641-7 & 0281052220
*"Raising Abel, The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination" (1996 ) ISBN 0-8371-6434-6 (Also published under the title "Living in the End Times: The Last Things Re-imagined" ISBN 84-254-2097-0)
*"The Joy of Being Wrong, Original Sin Through Easter Eyes" (1998 ) ISBN 0-8245-1676-1
*"Faith Beyond Resentment, Fragments Catholic and Gay" (2001 ) ISBN 0-232-52411-4, ISBN 0-8245-1922-1
*"On Being Liked" (2004 ) ISBN 0-232-52517-X, ISBN 0-8245-2261-3
*"Undergoing God: Dispatches from the Scene of a Break-In" (2006 ) ISBN 0-232-52676-1, ISBN 0-8264-1928-3
*"God's Self-Substitution and Sacrificial Inversion",Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ" (ed. by Brad Jersak and Michael Hardin) (2007) ISBN 978-0-9780174-7-7External links
* [http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/ James Alison. Theology] - Full-text articles and talks; book excerpts and reviews; links to other James Alison's texts
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