Janet Soskice | |
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Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada | May 16, 1951
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Other names | Janet Martin Soskice |
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School or tradition | Roman Catholicism |
Institutions | Jesus College, Cambridge |
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Janet Martin Soskice (born 16 May 1951) [1][ verification needed] is a Canadian-born English Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. Soskice was educated at Somerville College, Oxford. [2] She is professor of philosophical theology and a fellow of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. Her theological and philosophical work has dealt with the role of women in Christianity, [3] religious language, and the relationship between science and religion. [4]
Her book The Sisters of Sinai details the history of the discovery of the Syriac Sinaiticus by Agnes and Margaret Smith. [5] Soskice has also written that she became religious following a very "dramatic but banal" religious experience. [6]
Janet Soskice | |
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Born |
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada | May 16, 1951
Nationality |
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Other names | Janet Martin Soskice |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline |
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Sub-discipline | |
School or tradition | Roman Catholicism |
Institutions | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Main interests |
Janet Martin Soskice (born 16 May 1951) [1][ verification needed] is a Canadian-born English Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. Soskice was educated at Somerville College, Oxford. [2] She is professor of philosophical theology and a fellow of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. Her theological and philosophical work has dealt with the role of women in Christianity, [3] religious language, and the relationship between science and religion. [4]
Her book The Sisters of Sinai details the history of the discovery of the Syriac Sinaiticus by Agnes and Margaret Smith. [5] Soskice has also written that she became religious following a very "dramatic but banal" religious experience. [6]