Paul Avis

Paul David Loup Avis (born July 21, 1947 in Walthamstow , Essex ) is an Anglican priest, theologian and ecumenist. He is the author of numerous books.

Avis studied theology at the University of London and continued his training at Westcott House Seminary , Cambridge. In 1976 he received his doctorate (Ph.D.) and was ordained anglican priest in the same year .

Avis was a pastor in the Diocese of Exeter from 1975 to 1998 . In 1989 he was appointed to the Doctrine Commission and in 1990 to the General Synod. From 1998 to 2011 he was general secretary of the Council of Christian Unity of the Church of England . In 2008 he was appointed chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II . He is co-secretary of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee.

Paul Avis is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University . He is the associate editor of the journal Ecclesiology .

Web links

• encyclopedia.com: Avis, Paul 1947- (Paul David Loup Avis)

Publications (in selection)

• The Church in the Theology of the Reformers. Marshall, Morgan and Scott, London 1982.
• Ecumenical Theology and the Elusiveness of Doctrine. SPCK, London 1986.
• The Methods of Modern Theology. Marshall Pickering, Basingstoke, Hants 1986.
• Foundations of Modern Historical Thought: From Machiavelli to Vico. Croom Helm, Beckenham, Kent 1986
• Faith in the Fires of Criticism: Christianity in Modern Thought. Darton, Longman and Todd, London 1995;
• The Anglican Understanding of the Church. SPCK, London 2000.
• Church, State and Establishment. SPCK, London 2001.
• A Church Drawing Near: Spirituality and Mission in a Post-Christian Culture. T&T Clark, London and New York 2003.
• Beyond the Reformation? Authority, Primacy and Unity in the Conciliar Tradition. T&T Clark, London and New York 2006.
• The Identity of Anglicanism: Essentials of Anglican Ecclesiology. T&T Clark, London and New York 2008.
• The calling of Anglicanism. In: Internationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift 100 (2010), pp. 209–222.
• In Search of Authority: Anglican Theological Method from the Reformation to the Enlightenment. Bloomsbury / T&T Clark, 2014.
• Becoming a Bishop: A Theological Handbook of Episcopal Ministry. Bloomsbury / T&T Clark, 2015.
• The Vocation of Anglicanism. Bloomsbury / T&T Clark, 2016.
• (Ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology. Oxford University Press 2018. (In it: List of Contributors - p. Xi CV Paul Avis)