Ann Loades

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

Glover graduated from Durham University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; she was a member of St Mary's College.^[1] 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 emeritus professor at Durham University and, from 2009, an honorary professor at the University of St Andrews.^[2][3][4][5] She was also editor of the Theology journal from 1991 to 1997,^[2] and president of the Society for the Study of Theology from 2005 to 2006.^[6]

In the 2001 New Year Honours, Loades was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service to theology.^[7] In 2008, a Festschrift was published in her honour titled "Exchanges of Grace: Essays in Honour of Ann Loades".^[8]

Selected works

• Loades, Ann, ed. (1990). Feminist theology: a reader. London: SPCK. ISBN 978-0281044504.
• Brown, David; Loades, Ann, eds. (1995). The sense of the sacramental: movement and measure in art and music, place and time. London: SPCK. ISBN 978-0281048496.
• Farrer, Austin (2006). Loades, Ann; MacSwain, Robert (eds.). The truth-seeking heart: Austin Farrer and his writings. Norwich: Canterbury Press. ISBN 978-1853117121.
• Astley, Jeff; Brown, David; Loades, Ann, eds. (2009). Christology: key readings in Christian thought. London: SPCK. ISBN 978-0281061846.
• Loades, Ann (2021). Grace is not faceless reflections on Mary. London: Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd. ISBN 978-0232534207.

References

1. "Graduates of the University". Supplement to the Graduate List Last Published in 1954. Durham: University of Durham: 145. 1960.
2. "Loades, Prof. Ann Lomas, (born 21 Sept. 1938), Professor of Divinity, Durham University, 1995–2003, now Emeritus". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. Brown, David (17 January 2023). "Ann Loades obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
4. "Obituary: Ann Loades". Church Times. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
5. "Death of Ann Loades". St John's College. Durham University. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
6. "Staff:Prof. Ann Loades, CBE". Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts. The University of St Andrews. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
7. "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. pp. 7–9.
8. Watson, Natalie; Burns, Stephen, eds. (2008). Exchanges of grace: essays in honour of Ann Loades. London: SCM Press. ISBN 978-0334041672.