{"id":1616,"date":"2013-05-02T09:55:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forgivingvictim.com\/?page_id=1616"},"modified":"2015-11-05T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:48:46","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forgivingvictim.com\/about-james-alison\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-8637b9b8b23c2d5cc5b6c5be4ac37bd4\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8637b9b8b23c2d5cc5b6c5be4ac37bd4{\npadding-bottom:0;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8637b9b8b23c2d5cc5b6c5be4ac37bd4 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-8637b9b8b23c2d5cc5b6c5be4ac37bd4 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-8637b9b8b23c2d5cc5b6c5be4ac37bd4 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Bio<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>James Alison<\/strong> (b. 1959) is a Catholic theologian, priest and author. He has studied, lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States as well as his native England. A systematic theologian by training, James\u2019 has developed <em>Jesus the Forgiving Victim<\/em>, a program of induction into the Christian Faith for adults, following on from the insight into desire associated with Ren\u00e9 Girard. He has taught the course, either as a whole or in portions, to small groups around the world over the last fourteen years, and its form and content has been shaped by those experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_fifth-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-4ff83ed3f9664a5cf728c61d281d570a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-4ff83ed3f9664a5cf728c61d281d570a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-4ff83ed3f9664a5cf728c61d281d570a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-4ff83ed3f9664a5cf728c61d281d570a av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-247 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-247 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.forgivingvictim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/James-Alison-Leading-a-Session.jpg' alt='James Alison Leading The Forgiving Victim' title='James Alison Leading a Session'  height=\"253\" width=\"392\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_three_fifth-52c89597409f646e66e7cc675a5d9b4a av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>James earned his doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of <strong><em>Knowing Jesus<\/em><\/strong> (London: SPCK 1992,8; Springfield: Templegate 1993); <strong><em>Raising Abel<\/em><\/strong> New York: Crossroad 1996 (2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition, updated, London: SPCK 2010) <strong><em>The Joy of Being Wrong <\/em><\/strong>(Crossroad 1998); <strong><em>Faith beyond resentment: fragments catholic and gay<\/em><\/strong> (London: Darton Longman &amp; Todd 2001; Crossroad 2001) <strong><em>On being liked<\/em><\/strong> (DLT 2003 and Crossroad 2004). <strong><em>Undergoing God <\/em><\/strong>(DLT (London) and Continuum (New York) 2006) and <strong><em>Broken Hearts and New Creations: intimations of a great reversal<\/em><\/strong> (DLT (London) and Continuum (New York) 2010. Editions of some of James books exist in Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, Russian and Portuguese. Some of his more recent writings can be found in a variety of languages on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesalison.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Having lived with the Dominican Order between 1981 and 1995, James works as an itinerant preacher, lecturer and retreat giver. He is currently a Fellow, and the chair of the Education Committee, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imitatio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imitatio<\/a>. He accompanies a wide variety of publics, through academic lectures, undergraduate, postgraduate and professors\u2019 seminars, adult catechesis courses, retreats for priests, parish groups, and Catholic and ecumenical gay and lesbian retreats. James\u2019 2012 schedule includes engagements in the US, UK, France, Mexico, Holland, Colombia and Brazil. When not on the road, James lives in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Invite James\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forgivingvictim.com\/home\/the-course\/invite-james\/\">Invite James<\/a> to speak to your organization or conference.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16751,"featured_media":0,"parent":171,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bio - ForgivingVictim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forgivingvictim.com\/about-james-alison\/bio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bio - 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