Biography:Clair Linzey

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Short description: British theologian and ethicist

Clair Linzey
Born
Clair Susan Linzey
Education
Notable work
Journal of Animal Ethics
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Institutions
  • Graduate Theological Foundation
  • Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
  • Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
ThesisDeveloping Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff
Main interests

Clair Susan Linzey is a British theologian, ethicist, editor, and writer. She is the Frances Power Cobbe Professor of Animal Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation and Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Linzey specialises in animal theology and ethics, environmental ethics, the doctrine of creation, systematic theology, liberation theology, feminist theology, and Christian ethics. She is co-editor of the Journal of Animal Ethics and the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series.

Early life and education

Clair Susan Linzey[1] is the daughter of the theologian Andrew Linzey.[2] In 2004, she received an undergraduate Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the University of St Andrews, where she received several prizes.[3] She received two scholarships to study for a Master of Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 2008.[3] She later completed a Doctor of Philosophy at St Andrews on the ecological theology of Leonardo Boff, with particular attention to its treatment of animals.[1]

Career

Linzey is the Frances Power Cobbe Professor of Animal Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, director of the centre's annual summer school, and a Research Fellow in Animal Ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.[4] With Andrew Linzey, she co-edits the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series and the Journal of Animal Ethics.[5] Her areas of work include animal theology and ethics, environmental ethics, the doctrine of creation, systematic theology, liberation theology, feminist theology, and Christian ethics.[4][6]

Bibliography

Books authored by Clair Linzey
Books co-authored with Andrew Linzey
Books co-edited with Andrew Linzey

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Linzey, Clair Susan (2020). Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of St Andrews. doi:10.17630/10023-19812. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
  2. Valpey, Kenneth R. (2019) (in en). Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics. Springer Nature. pp. xvii. ISBN 978-3-030-28408-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=EJO7DwAAQBAJ. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Clair Linzey" (in en-GB). https://ocbs.org/clair-linzey/. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Dr Clair Linzey" (in en). https://www.wycliffe.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-clair-linzey-0. 
  5. "Deputy Director" (in en-US). https://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/who-we-are/deputy-director/. 
  6. "Clair Linzey, Ph. D." (in en-US). https://gtfeducation.org/faculty-staff/clair-linzey-ph-d/. 

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