Robin Gibbons

Robin Gibbons is Fellow, Dean of Studies of Foundation House/Oxford, and Alexander Schmemann Professor of Eastern Christianity. He was professed as a Benedictine Monk at St Michael's Abbey Farnborough in England in 1973 and ordained priest in 1979. It was there that he became introduced to the Eastern Church, especially the Byzantine Tradition. He is also an iconographer and one of his major works can be found in the Monastery of Christ in The Desert (Abiquiu, New Mexico). He later transferred to the Eastern Rite (Greek Catholic). Fr. Gibbons studied Theology at the University of Kent, doing his Masters in Theology and his Ph.D. in Liturgy at Heythrop College, University of London, later taking a Master of Studies (M.St.) degree in Reformation history at Cambridge (Trinity Hall). He is also a member of the Academy of Teaching and Learning, a Fellow of the College of Preceptors and a Fellow of the College of Preachers. He has specialized in three related areas, Liturgy, the Art and Architecture of the Christian Church and Eastern Christianity, and has taught (and still teaches) in these areas in several universities London, Surrey, Cambridge and Oxford) as well as seminaries and other academic institutions in the U.K. He acted as Monastic formator in two monastic communities in the United States. Fr. Gibbons has written many articles and been a contributor to several books, in 2006 publishing a small monograph on "The Eastern Church" and a major work on Christian space, House of God: House of God’s People. At present he is engaged in writing a book on Liturgical formation. His present work is Director of Theology and Religious Study Programmes and Departmental Lecturer in the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. He is also the Associate Director of the Oxford University Theology Summer School. Fr. Gibbons is a Senior Member of Kellogg College and also the Assistant Pastor for the Greek Catholic Melkite Church in London and Great Britain.

Book

House of God: House of the People of God

Religious Affiliation

Catholic (Priest, Eastern Rite, Melkite Order)

General Areas of Interests

Theology;
Spirituality & Direction;
Ecclesiastical History;
Liturgy/Worship/Music

Specialized Areas

Medieval/Monastic Spirituality;
Eastern Orthodox Theology;
Liturgy & Sacraments (East/West);
Roman Catholic Art & Architecture

Areas of Service

Thesis Supervision;
Project Consultant;
E-Tutorials

E-Tutorial Offering

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