Judith Maltby

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Judith Maltby

FRHistS
Born (1957-10-14) 14 October 1957 (age 66)
United States
NationalityAmerican[1]
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1992 (deacon)
  • 1994 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisApproaches to the Study of Religious Conformity in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England (1992)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Judith Diane Maltby FRHistS (born 1957) is an American-born Anglican priest and historian, who specialises in post-Reformation church history and the history of early modern Britain. She has been the chaplain and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, since 1993, and reader in church history at the University of Oxford since 2004.

Early life and education[edit]

Maltby was born on 14 October 1957 in the United States.[2][3][4] She studied for a double major in English and history at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[3][4] She undertook postgraduate research in early modern British history at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and then at Newnham College, Cambridge,[3] completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1992.[4] Her doctoral thesis was titled Approaches to the Study of Religious Conformity in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England: With Special Reference to Cheshire and the Diocese of Lincoln.[5]

Career[edit]

Academic career[edit]

From 1987 to 1993, Maltby was a tutor in church history at Salisbury and Wells Theological College, an Anglican theological college in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.[3][4] In 1993, having been appointed its college chaplain, she was elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[3] She is also a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford,[6][7] and was made reader in church history in 2004.[8]

Maltby's main research interests are church history and the history of early modern Britain.[3] Particular interests include "16th and 17th century English religion", "liturgy and the history of the Church of England", ecumenism, and "Anglican responses to persecution during the 1640–50s".[6]

In 1999, Maltby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[4][9]

Ordained ministry[edit]

From 1989 to 1992, Maltby trained for Holy Orders on the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme.[4] She was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1992.[4] From 1992 to 1993, she was an honorary parish deacon at the Parish of Wilton with Netherhampton & Fugglestone in the Diocese of Salisbury.[4] She was ordained as a priest on 17 April 1994 by Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford,[4][10][11] and was thus among the first women ordained to the priesthood in the Church of England.[3][12]

Since 1993, Maltby has been the chaplain of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[3][4] She has also been honorary canon theologian of Leicester Cathedral since 2004,[4][13] and canon theologian of Winchester Cathedral since 2011.[14] In 2006, she was made an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[3][4][15]

Views[edit]

Maltby opposed the creation of provincial episcopal visitors for opponents of the ordination of women.[16]

Selected works[edit]

  • Maltby, Judith D., ed. (1988). The Short Parliament (1640) Diary of Sir Thomas Aston. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 9780861931163.
  • Judith Maltby (2000). Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79387-2.
  • Durston, Christopher; Maltby, Judith, eds. (2006). Religion in Revolutionary England. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719064043.
  • Mark Chapman; Judith Maltby; William Whyte, eds. (2011). Established Church: Past, Present and Future. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-0-567-35809-7.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beeson, Trevor (2011). The Church's Other Half: Women's Ministry. London: SCM Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-334-04875-6.
  2. ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Judith Maltby". Corpus Christi College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Judith Diane Maltby". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ Maltby, Judith Diane (1991). Approaches to the study of religious conformity in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England: with special reference to Cheshire and the diocese of Lincoln. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). doi:10.17863/CAM.19545. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Dr Judith Maltby". Faculty of Theology and Religion. University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Other Faculty members and associates". Faculty of Theology and Religion. University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Recognition of Distinction". Oxford University Gazette. 4706: Supplement (1). 23 September 2004. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Fellows - M" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  10. ^ Sproule, Luke (19 November 2014). "Woman Bishop Could Be a Church 'First' for Oxfordshire". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 6845. 22 April 1994. p. 6.
  12. ^ Duckles, Jo (2014). "Celebrating our women priests". Diocese of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  13. ^ "College of Canons". Leicester Cathedral. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Current committee members". Winchester Cathedral. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  15. ^ "College of Canons and wider Chapter". Christ Church. University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Open Letter to the House of Bishops and the Members of General Synod". Church Times. No. 6794. 15 October 1993. p. 13.
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