Alison Elliot
Alison J. Elliot (* 1948 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish psychologist , theologian and presbyter of the Church of Scotland .
Life
Elliot grew up in Bangour Village hospital near Edinburgh, where her father worked as a psychiatrist and chief physician. She attended Bathgate Academy and studied psychology and evangelical theology at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Sussex . After graduating, she taught psychology at the University of Lancaster (1974–1976) and the University of Edinburgh (1977–1985). After the birth of her daughter, she gave up her full-time position as a university lecturer, but later became an Honorary Fellow at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, where she also works as Associate Director of the Center for Theology and Public Issues .
Elliot became presbyter at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh in 1983 and soon held higher offices in the Church of Scotland. In the 1990s she headed the Church and Nation committee (later Church and Society Council ). From 2004 to 2005 she was Iain Torrance's successor as moderator of the General Assembly ( Synod ) of the Church of Scotland. In this highest leadership position in the church she was the first woman ever and the first non-cleric since George Buchanan in 1567. She also represented her church on the ecumenical level; so she was President of the Action of Churches Together in Scotland and was a member of the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches from 1997 to 2009 .
Finally, Elliot got involved on a political level. From 2007 to 2013 she was Chair of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organizations , then the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services in Scotland .
Jennifer McRae painted an oil painting of her on behalf of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2004.
She is married and has two kids.
Awards and prizes (selection)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Commander des Order of the British Empire (2018)
- Lifetime Achievement Award in the Scottish Public Service Awards
Fonts (selection)
- Child Language. Cambridge University Press 1981 (and other editions).
- (with Duncan Forrester :) The Scottish churches and the political process today. Edinburgh 1986.
- The Miraculous Everyday. Covenanters, Edinburgh 2005.
- (as edited by Heidi Poon :) Growing citizens. An interdisciplinary reflection on citizenship education. St Andrew Press, Edinburgh 2009.
literature
- Christian faith and the welfare of the city. Essays for Alison Elliot. Largs, Edinburgh 2008.
- Julia Ogilvy: Dr Alison Elliot. In: dies .: Women in Waiting: Prejudice at the Heart of the Church. Bloomsbury, London 2014, pp. 137-150, ISBN 9781472901798
Web links
- University of Edinburgh: Alison Elliot
- First Woman Moderator to receive one of Scotland's highest honors for public service (Church of Scotland press release)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elliot, Alison |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elliot, Alison J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh , Scotland |