Elaine Graham Explained
Elaine L. Graham (born 1959) is the Grosvenor Research Professor at the University of Chester. She was until October 2009 the Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology at the University of Manchester. In March 2014, she was installed as Canon Theologian of Chester Cathedral.
Education
Elaine Graham holds a BSc (Social Science) (Hons) in Sociology and Economic and Social History (1980) from the University of Bristol, a MA in Social and Pastoral Theology from the University of Manchester (1988) and a PhD entitled "The Implications of Theories of Gender for Christian Pastoral Practice and Theological Formulation" (1993), also from Manchester.
Career
After working as the Northern Regional Secretary of the Student Christian Movement (1981–84) and four years as ecumenical lay chaplain at Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), Elaine Graham joined the University of Manchester in 1988 as a lecturer in Social and Pastoral Theology. She was appointed to the position of Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, succeeding Ronald Preston (1970–81) and Tony Dyson (1981–98) in June 1998. She later held the position of Head of the School of Religions and Theology & Middle Eastern Studies from 2000 to 2004.
Elaine Graham was the President of the International Academy of Practical Theology from 2005 to 2007 and was a member of the Archbishops' Commission on Urban Life and Faith, which published the report Faithful Cities: A call for celebration, vision and justice (Methodist Publishing House, 2006).
In 2009 she moved to the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Chester as Grosvenor Research Professor in Practical Theology. In 2014 she was installed as the Canon Theologian of Chester Cathedral in a lay capacity.
She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2021.[1]
Published works
Books
This is a list of books that Graham has published or edited.
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . Halsey . Margaret . Margaret Halsey . Life-Cycles: Women and Pastoral Care . London . SPCK . 1993 . 978-0-281-04688-1 . 28772733 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Making the Difference: Gender, Personhood and Theology . Minneapolis, MN . Fortress Press . 1995 . 978-0-800-62960-1 . 32347606 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Transforming Practice: Pastoral Theology in an Age of Uncertainty . London ; New York . Mowbray . 1996 . 978-0-2646-7345-5 . 35964310 . 1st .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Representations of the Post/Human: Monsters, Aliens and Others in Popular Culture . Manchester studies in religion, culture and gender . Manchester . Manchester University Press . 2002 . 978-0-7190-5441-9 . 878532506 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Transforming Practice: Pastoral Theology in an Age of Uncertainty . Eugene, OR . Wipf and Stock . 2002 . 978-1-5791-0922-6 . 813338640 . 2nd .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Walton . Heather . Ward . Frances . Theological Reflection: Methods . London . SCM Press . 2005 . 978-0-3340-2976-2 . 62312225 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Rowlands . Anna . Pathways to the Public Square: practical theology in an age of pluralism; International Academy of Practical Theology, Manchester 2003 . International practical theology . 1 . Münster . Lit Verlag . 2005 . 978-3-8258-8423-9 . 75302594 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Walton . Heather . Ward . Frances . Theological Reflection: Sources . London . SCM Press . 2007 . 978-0-334-02977-9 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Lowe . Stephen . Stephen Lowe (Bishop of Hulme) . What Makes a Good City? Public Theology and the Urban Church . London . Darton, Longman and Todd . 2009 . 978-0-2325-2748-3 . 368053801 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Words Made Flesh: Writings in Pastoral and Practical Theology . London . SCM Press . 2009 . 9780334041948 . 271772094 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Grace Jantzen: Redeeming the Present . Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT . Ashgate . 2009 . 978-0-754-66823-7 . 320696478 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Scott . Peter M. . Baker . Christopher R. . Remoralising Britain: Political, Ethical and Theological perspectives on New Labour . London ; New York . Continuum . 2009 . 978-0-8264-4414-1 . 233939115 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Public Theology in a Post-Secular Age . London . SCM Press . 2013 . 978-0-334-04598-4 . 830368081 .
- Book: Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Walton . Heather . Ward . Frances . Theological Reflection: Sources 2 . London . SCM Press . 2013 . 978-0-3340-2977-9 .
Articles and chapters
In addition, she has also written a number of articles in edited volumes and academic journals.
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . What's Missing? Gender, Reason and the Post-Secular . Political Theology . 13 . 2 . 2012 . 233–45 . 10.1558/poth.v13i2.233 . 10034/243153 . 144943027 . free .
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . From Where Does the Red Tory Speak? Phillip Blond, Theology and Public Discourse . Political Theology . 13 . 3 . 2012 . 292–307 . 10.1558/poth.v13i3.292 . 10034/243771 . 145348592 . free .
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . The Archbishop Speaks, But Who Is Listening? The Dilemmas of Public Theology Today . Ecclesiology . 8 . 2. 2012 . 200–222 . 10.1163/174553112X630462 .
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . Is Practical Theology a form of 'Action Research' . International Journal of Practical Theology . 17 . 1 . 2013 . 1–31 .
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . The Unquiet Frontier: Tracing the Boundaries of Philosophy and Public Theology . Political Theology . 16 . 1 . 2015 . 33–46 . 10.1179/1462317X14Z.000000000128 . 141952877 .
- Graham . Elaine L. . 3 . The Medium and the Message? Notes on Pope Francis' "Theology of Communication" . Crucible: The Journal of Christian Social Ethics . 2015 . 20–30 .
Other information
University of Chester Staff Page: [www.chester.ac.uk/departments/trs/staff/graham]Publications on Chester Repository (open access): http://chesterrep.openrepository.com/cdr/
References
- Web site: 23 July 2021. The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences. 23 July 2021. The British Academy. en.
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