Professor Frances Young FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 2004
- Subjects
- Religion
- Sections
- Theology and Religious Studies
Summary
A graduate in Classics from Bedford College, University of London, Frances Young achieved a second 1st class Honours degree in Theology at the University of Cambridge, where she undertook research for a PhD in early Christian studies, for part of which she studied at the University of Chicago Divinity School. A brief period as a Research Fellow at Clare Hall preceded a lifelong career at the University of Birmingham (1971-2005), as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor, Dean of the Faculty and Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Her teaching career principally focused on New Testament studies, but her research interests spanned a wider area. The history and interpretation of doctrine and early Christian exegesis of scripture, along with questions concerning the hermeneutics of classic texts in modern theology, have largely claimed her attention. She was also a pioneer in thinking about theology and disability: her eldest son, born in 1968, has profound learning disabilities which demand total care. The importance of academic study of theology for church life and Christian belief lay at the heart of her ordination as a Methodist minister in 1984 alongside her continuing university career. In retirement she remains in demand for public lectures, preaching and leading worship.
Current post
Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham
Past appointments
University of Birmingham Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham
2006 -
University of Birmingham Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham
2006 -
University of Birmingham Pro-Vice-Chancellor
1997 - 2002
University of Birmingham Dean of the Faculty of Arts
1995 - 1997
University of Birmingham Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology and Head of Department of Theology
1986 - 2005
University of Birmingham Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham
1986 -
University of Birmingham Senior Lecturer
1982 - 1986
University of Birmingham Lecturer
1971 - 1982
Clare Hall University of Cambridge Research Fellow
1967 - 1969
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Revd Professor Sarah Coakley FBA
Historical and systematic theology; philosophy of religion; theology and the biological sciences ('natural theology'); theology and the social sciences; gender, 'race', and religion
Professor Mark Wynn FBA
Philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, including religious experience, the spiritual life, the material context of religious practice, and the relationship of religious narratives to conceptions of the human good
Professor Alison Salvesen FBA
Early Jewish and Christian translation and reception of the Hebrew Bible (third century BCE – eighth century CE)
