Clinton Collister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theology and Humanities
PhD, Cambridge University
MLitt, University of St. Andrews
MA, Oakland University
BA, Valparaiso University
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Clinton Collister holds a BA in Literature from Valparaiso University (IN), a MA in English Literature from Oakland University (MI), a MLitt from the University of St. Andrews, and a PhD in Theology and Literature from Cambridge University. His research interests include theological anthropology and the writings of C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot. With his wife, Sarah, Collister co-founded Little Gidding Press, where he serves as Editor-in-Chief. He is also ordinand for the priesthood in the Anglican Church of North America.
Collister came to University of Northwestern – St. Paul from Pusey House, Oxford where he taught and served as Research Associate at the Center for Theology, Law, and Culture. Before joining the faculty at Oxford, Dr. Collister was on staff at Rochester University.
Publications
Monograph in preparation: Visions of Origins and Ends: Personhood in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot, Geoffrey Hill, and John Heath-Stubbs
Journal Articles
“EL Mascall and the Great Divorce: Human Agency and the Eschaton.” Journal of Anglican Studies 22, no. 2 (2024): 573-590: E.L. Mascall and the Great Divorce: Human Agency and the Eschaton | Journal of Anglican Studies | Cambridge Core
“Guest Editorial for Mascall Issue.” Journal of Anglican Studies 22, no. 2 (2024): 477-483: Guest Editorial for Mascall Issue | Journal of Anglican Studies | Cambridge Core
“The Theology of the Church of England: The Origins of Anglican Orthodoxy.” Cranmer Theological Journal 1, no. 2 (2024): 1-23: https://cranmerjournal.org/index.php/CTJ/article/view/2024.201
Other publications:
“The Problem of Hierarchy in The Idiot,” Transpositions, June 2020.
