- 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 theChurch 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 atBathgate Academy, theUniversity of Edinburgh and theUniversity 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 theUniversity 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 atGreyfriars 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 theConference of European Churches . She has also played a key role inAction of Churches Together in Scotland . TheOBE 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 0-946724-56-3ee also
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General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
*List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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