James Alison
James Alison (* 1959 ) is a British , Roman Catholic theologian , priest and author .
Alison is known for his work on LGBT issues and his application of René Girard's anthropological theories to theology.
James Alison studied at Blackfriars Hall at Oxford University and received a bachelor's, master's degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit theological faculty in Belo Horizonte , Brazil .
Alison was a member of the Dominican Order from 1981 to 1995 . He lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and the United States. Alison is currently back in his native England .
Works by Alison
- 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
- with Wolfgang Palaver : The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion. Palgrave, New York, USA 2017, ISBN 978-1-137-55280-8 Springer online
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| SURNAME | Alison, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Catholic theologian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |