Clair Susan Linzey[1] is a British theologian and ethicist, editor and writer. She is the Frances Power Cobbe Professor of Animal Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and the director of their annual summer school, as well as a Research Fellow in Animal Ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.[2] Linzey is also co-editor, with her father, of the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series and the Journal of Animal Ethics.[3] She specialises in animal theology, animal ethics, environmental ethics, systematic theology, feminist theology and Christian moral thought.[4]
Clair Linzey | |
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| Born | Clair Susan Linzey |
| Education |
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| Father | Andrew Linzey |
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| Thesis | Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff |
Early life and education
editLinzey is the daughter of the theologian Andrew Linzey.[5] In 2004, she received a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, where she received several prizes.[6] Linzey received two scholarships to study for a Master of Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 2008.[6] She received her Doctor of Philosophy on the ecological theology of Leonardo Boff, with a particular focus on its relation to animals, also from St Andrews.[1]
Bibliography
editBooks authored by Clair Linzey:
- Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff (Routledge, 2021)
Books co-authored with Andrew Linzey:
- An Ethical Critique of Fur Factory Farming (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Books co-edited with Andrew Linzey:
- Animal Ethics for Veterinarians (University of Illinois Press, 2017)
- The Ethical Case Against Animal Experiments (University of Illinois Press, 2018)
- The Palgrave Macmillan Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
- The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics (Routledge, 2018)
- Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism (Routledge, 2018)
- Animal Ethics and Animal Law (Lexington Books, 2023)
- Animal Theologians (Oxford University Press, 2023)
- The Ethics of Fur: Religious, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
References
edit- ^ a b Linzey, Clair Susan (2020). Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of St Andrews. doi:10.17630/10023-19812.
- ^ "Dr Clair Linzey". Wycliffe Hall. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Deputy Director". Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Clair Linzey, Ph. D." Graduate Theological Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Valpey, Kenneth R. (2019). Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics. Springer Nature. pp. xvii. ISBN 978-3-030-28408-4.
- ^ a b "Clair Linzey". Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. Retrieved 10 July 2020.