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Anthony Charles Thiselton (13 July 1937 – 7 February 2023) was an English
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priest,
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, and academic. He wrote a number of books and articles on a range of topics in
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,
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, and the
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. He served on the
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, appointed by the
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.


Biography

Anthony Charles Thiselton was born on 13 July 1937. He was educated at
City of London School The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for Single-sex education, boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, ...
, with degrees from
King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...
(BD, MTh) the
University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
(PhD) and the
University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...
(DD). He received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Chester The University of Chester is a public university located in Chester, England. The university originated as the first purpose-built teacher training college in the UK. As a university, it now occupies five campuses, campus sites in and around Ch ...
; in March 2012. Thiselton was an Honorary Fellow of
Cranmer Hall, Durham Cranmer Hall is a Church of England theological college based at Durham, England. Cranmer Hall forms part of St John's College, Durham which is a recognised college of Durham University. It stands in the Open Evangelical Churchmanship, tradition. ...
; fellow of King's College London and fellow of the British Academy. Thiselton was head of theology at the
University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...
and was also
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of both
St John's College, Nottingham St John's College, Nottingham, founded as the London College of Divinity, was an Anglican and interdenominational theological college situated in Bramcote, Nottingham, England. The college stood in the open evangelical tradition and stated that i ...
(1986 to 1988) and
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(1988 to 1992). He was a priest and canon in the
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, in which he represented the Diocese of Southwell on the church's
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. He was an associate priest in the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Attenborough, Nottingham. On 25 June 2002, he was presented with a
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of Doctorate of Divinity by the then Archbishop of Canterbury,
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. Thiselton was visiting Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena; Calvin College, Grand Rapids; Regent College, Vancouver; North Park, Seminary, Chicago; the University of Utrecht, Netherlands; several seminaries in South Korea; Senior Lecturer in the University of Sheffield; and Professor of Theology in the University of Chester. Thiselton retired from Nottingham in 2001; then served as Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Chester from 2001 to 2006. He returned to Nottingham as professor, from 2006, and his retirement in 2011 marked his final retirement from academic posts. Thiselton served on the Church of England General Synod membership, and its Commissions and Committees: Crown Nominations Commission, (2000-2010); Appointments Committee (2008–13); and Theological Education and Training Committee (1999-2005). Outside Synod he remained on the Doctrine Commission for nearly 30 years: Church of England Doctrine Commission (1976-2006); Acting Chairman (1987); Church of England Faith and Order Group (1979–89); and Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (2003–06). His main published work was in the areas of
hermeneutics Hermeneutics () is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. As necessary, hermeneutics may include the art of understanding and communication. ...
(especially hermeneutical theory and its relationship to biblical interpretation), Christian doctrine (including eschatology and pneumatology), and biblical studies, in particular with two substantial commentaries on
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. He is unusual in academic theology for publishing research-level works across such a broad range of topics. Thiselton received a ''
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'', edited by Stanley Porter and Matthew Malcolm, entitled ''Horizons in Hermeneutics'' (Eerdmans) in April 2013. In June 2012 he was also the subject of a one-day conference in his honour, at the University of Nottingham, at which he presented a response paper to several contributors who spoke in light of his work. Proceedings from this conference were published by Paternoster (in the UK) and IVP (in the US) as ''The Future of Biblical Interpretation'' (2013). St John's College, Nottingham, inaugurated a series of "Thiselton lectures" in 2013 to honour his work in hermeneutics. He gave the first of these himself, in June 2013. Thiselton died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 85.


Views

Thiselton was described in 2002, during the selection of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, as belonging to the
conservative evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of the Christian go ...
wing of the Church of England.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiselton 1937 births 2023 deaths People educated at the City of London School Alumni of King's College London Academics of the University of Nottingham Academics of the University of Chester Anglican philosophers British philosophers of religion Religious studies scholars English Anglican theologians Hermeneutists Principals of St John's College, Durham Fellows of the British Academy Staff of St John's College, Nottingham Fellows of King's College London Evangelical Anglican clergy Alumni of the University of Sheffield