Catherine Pickstock
Encyclopedia
Catherine Pickstock is a member of the Faculty of Divinity
at the University of Cambridge and a Reader
in Philosophy and Theology, Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
. She is best known for her contributions to the Radical Orthodoxy
movement, the foundations of which are often credited to her mentor John Milbank
.
Divinity (academic discipline)
Divinity is the study of Christian and other theology and ministry at a school, divinity school, university, or seminary. The term is sometimes a synonym for theology as an academic, speculative pursuit, and sometimes is used for the study of applied theology and ministry to make a distinction...
at the University of Cambridge and a Reader
Reader (academic rank)
The title of Reader in the United Kingdom and some universities in the Commonwealth nations like Australia and New Zealand denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship...
in Philosophy and Theology, Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
. She is best known for her contributions to the Radical Orthodoxy
Radical orthodoxy
Radical Orthodoxy is Christian theological and philosophical school of thought which makes use of postmodern philosophy to reject the paradigm of modernity...
movement, the foundations of which are often credited to her mentor John Milbank
John Milbank
Alasdair John Milbank is a Christian theologian and the Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham where he also directs the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. Milbank previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge...
.
Publications
- After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. ISBN 9780631206729
- Truth in Aquinas (with John Milbank). London: Routledge, 2001. ISBN 9780415233354
- “Duns Scotus: His Historical and Contemporary Significance”. Modern Theology 21 (2005): 543-574.
- “The Univocalist Mode of Production”. In Theology and the Political, edited by John Milbank, Slavoj Zizek, and Creston Davis. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005: 281-325