PUBLIC TALK: Religion without Scapegoating

A public lecture by by Internationally renowned theologian, gay Catholic priest and author James Alison.

Dr James Alison is a priest and theologian with a significant number of publications addressing issues of justice, theology and Christian life.

He has been greatly influenced by the philosophical work of Rene Girard and offers, in an accessible and inspiring style, an engagement with a theology of the everyday that brings justice and reconciliation. He is noted for his work on gay issues and the application of René Girard’s anthropological theory in theology.

After studies with the Dominicans in Oxford and at the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, he has become a travelling teacher, lecturer and retreat leader. Having lived and worked in Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, and the United States as well as his native England, he is currently based in Brazil.

He is the author of Knowing Jesus; Raising Abel: The Recovery of the Eschatological Imagination; The Joy of Being Wrong; Faith Beyond Resentment; On Being Liked; Undergoing God; and most recently Broken Hearts and New Creations: intimations of a great reversal.

This event is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies, the UWA Anglican Chaplaincy and St. George’s College Theology Lecture Series.