Frances Young is Emerita Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham (UK), where she has also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and as Pro–Vice Chancel...view moreFrances Young is Emerita Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham (UK), where she has also served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and as Pro–Vice Chancellor. An ordained Methodist minister, in 1998 she was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to theology and has been an elected Fellow of the British Academy since 2004. She is author of or contributor to over a dozen books, including From Nicaea to Chalcedon: A Guide to the Literature and Its Background (SCM Press, 1983), Brokenness and Blessing: Towards a Biblical Spirituality (Baker Academic, 2007), God’s Presence: A Contemporary Recapitulation of Early Christianity (Cambridge University Press, 2013), and Arthur’s Call: A Journey of Faith in the Face of Severe Learning Disability (SPCK, 2014).view less