Stephen Pattison (born 1953) is a British scholar and former
H. G. Wood Professor of Theology at the
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...
.
He is best known for his research on
practical theology
Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more full ...
,
ethics
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concer ...
, and
public service management. He attended
Bootham School
Bootham School is an independent Quaker boarding school, on Bootham in the city of York in England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19, and had an enrolment of 605 pupils in 2016. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.
The schoo ...
, York and
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (18 ...
, before going on to train for ministry in the Anglican Church at
Edinburgh Theological College and
Edinburgh University
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, where he gained a PhD in Theology.
He delivered a series of
Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures () are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford. Their purpose is to "promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the term – in o ...
in 2007 entitled "Seeing Things: From Mantelpieces to Masterpieces", later published as ''Seeing Things: Deepening Relations with Visual Artefacts'' by SCM Press.
Books
* ''Alive and Kicking: Towards a Practical Theology of Illness and Healing'', SCM Press, 1989
* ''Pastoral Care and Liberation Theology'', Cambridge University Press, 1994
* ''Medical Knowledge: Doubt and Certainty'', Open University Press, 1994
* ''The Faith of the Managers'', Cassell, 1997
* ''The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology'', With James Woodward and John Patton, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2000
* ''A Critique of Pastoral Care'', SCM Press, 2000
* ''Shame: Theory, Therapy, Theology'', Cambridge University Press, 2000
* ''Using the Bible in Christian Ministry'', With Margaret Cooling and Trevor Cooling, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2007
* ''The Challenge of Practical Theology: Selected Essays'', Jessica Kingsley, 2007
* ''Seeing Things: Deepening Relations with Visual Artefacts'', SCM Press, 2007
* ''The SCM Study Guide to Theological Reflection'', With Judith Thompson and Ross Thompson, SCM Press, 2008
* ''Emerging Values in Health Care'', Ed. with Ben Hannigan, Roisin Pill and Huw Thomas, Jessica Kingsley, 2010
* ''Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy'', With Sophie Gilliat-Ray and Mansur Ali, Ashgate, 2013
* ''Saving Face: Enfacement, Shame, Theology'', Ashgate, 2013
* ''Invitation to Research in Practical Theology'', With Zoë Bennett, Elaine Graham and Heather Walton, Routledge, 2018
References
External links
Stephen Pattison at the University of Birmingham
21st-century British philosophers
Philosophy academics
Living people
1953 births
Moral philosophers
Academics of the University of Birmingham
Philosophers of religion
21st-century British theologians
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
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