Clair Linzey

Clair Susan Linzey is a British theologian, ethicist, editor, and writer. She is the Frances Power Cobbe Professor of Animal Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation and Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Linzey specialises in animal theology and ethics, environmental ethics, the doctrine of creation, systematic theology, liberation theology, feminist theology, and Christian ethics. She is co-editor of the Journal of Animal Ethics and the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series.

Clair Linzey
Born	Clair Susan Linzey
Father	Andrew Linzey
Education
Education	University of St Andrews (M.A., PhD) Harvard Divinity School (MST)
Thesis	Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Institutions	Graduate Theological Foundation Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Main interests	Animal theology Animal ethics Environmental ethics doctrine of creation Systematic theology Liberation theology Feminist theology Christian ethics
Notable works	Journal of Animal Ethics

Early life and education

Clair Susan Linzey is the daughter of the theologian Andrew Linzey. In 2004, she received an undergraduate Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the University of St Andrews, where she received several prizes. She received two scholarships to study for a Master of Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 2008. She later completed a Doctor of Philosophy at St Andrews on the ecological theology of Leonardo Boff, with particular attention to its treatment of animals.

Career

Linzey is the Frances Power Cobbe Professor of Animal Theology at the Graduate Theological Foundation, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, director of the centre's annual summer school, and a Research Fellow in Animal Ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. With Andrew Linzey, she co-edits the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series and the Journal of Animal Ethics. Her areas of work include animal theology and ethics, environmental ethics, the doctrine of creation, systematic theology, liberation theology, feminist theology, and Christian ethics.

Bibliography

Books authored by Clair Linzey

• Developing Animal Theology: An Engagement with Leonardo Boff. Routledge. 2021.

Books co-authored with Andrew Linzey

• An Ethical Critique of Fur Factory Farming. Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10621-7.

Books co-edited with Andrew Linzey

• Animal Ethics for Veterinarians. University of Illinois Press. 2017.
• The Ethical Case Against Animal Experiments. University of Illinois Press. 2018.
• The Palgrave Macmillan Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan. 2018.
• The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Animal Ethics. Routledge. 2018.
• Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism. Routledge. 2018.
• Animal Ethics and Animal Law. Lexington Books. 2023.
• Animal Theologians. Oxford University Press. 2023.
• The Ethics of Fur: Religious, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives. Rowman & Littlefield. 2023.
• Animal History: History as if Animals Mattered. Wipf and Stock. 2025.

External links

• Clair Linzey PhD - Animal Theology Keynote
• Animal Ethics & Veganism: Interview with Dr Clair Linzey from the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics