Alison Elliot

Alison Elliot

Alison Elliot OBE is the Associate Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2004 she became the first woman ever to be elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. She was also the first non-minster to hold this post since George Buchanan in 1567.

Background and education

Alison Elliot was born in Edinburgh in 1948. She was educated at Bathgate Academy, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Sussex.

Career

Her professional career is in psychology, but her public profile has been chiefly through her church work. She was Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh 1973-1974, then Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lancaster 1974-1976 and at the University of Edinburgh 1977-1985. She is the author of two publications: "Child Language" (1981) and "The Miraculous Everyday" (2005).

She served as Convener of the Committee on Church and Nation of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1996-2000, as well as Session Clerk at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. She has also become highly involved in building ecumenical relations, and since 2003 has been a member of the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches. She has also played a key role in Action of Churches Together in Scotland. The OBE was conferred upon her for her ecumenical work.

Family

She is married to John Elliot; they live in Edinburgh. They have a son and a daughter, Johnny and Christina.

References

"Who's Who in Scotland" (2006 edition), Carrick Media, Ayr. ISBN 0-946724-56-3

ee also

*General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
*List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland


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