Ann Lomas Loades, (née Glover; 21 September 1938 – 6 December 2022) was a British theologian and academic, who specialised in

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. Glover graduated from

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in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; she was a member of St Mary's College. She spent all her academic career at Durham, beginning as a lecturer in theology in 1975 and she held a personal chair as Professor of Divinity from 1995 to 2003. Following retirement, she was an

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at Durham University and, from 2009, an honorary professor at the

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. She was also editor of the ''

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'' journal from 1991 to 1997, and president of the Society for the Study of Theology from 2005 to 2006. In the

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, Loades was appointed a

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(CBE) for service to theology. In 2008, a ''

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'' was published in her honour titled "Exchanges of Grace: Essays in Honour of Ann Loades".

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loades, Ann 1938 births 2022 deaths British Christian theologians 20th-century British Christian theologians 21st-century British theologians Proponents of Christian feminism Scholars of feminist theology Academics of Durham University Alumni of St Mary's College, Durham