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Norman Tanner Society of Jesuits (b. 1943) is a Jesuit priest and ecclesiastical historian.

Life

Born in England during the World War II, Tanner grew up in Surrey[1]. He attended school first at Woldingham Convent (now Woldingham School), then Avisford Roman Catholic Preparatory School for Boys in Walberton (now the Hilton Avisford Park Hotel), before entering Ampleforth College[1]. In 1961 he joined the Jesuits as a novice before heading to university. He was ordained as a priest in 1976[1] after completing his doctorate and further studies in theology at Rome. His first post was as a curate in the parish of Farm Street[1], in Mayfair, London[2].

Academic Career

  • Philosophy at Heythrop College (1961?)
  • MA? History at University of Oxford
  • DPhil Church history at Oxford (1974)[3]
    • Thesis title: Popular religion in Norwich with special reference to the evidence of wills, 1370-1532[4]
    • Digitised as part of a Bodleian Library programme funded by Dr. Leonard Polonsky in March 2011[5]
  • Theology at Gregorian University, Rome
  • 1978: Began teaching at Campion Hall, Oxford
  • 2003: Moved from Oxford to teach at the Gregorian University in Rome.
  • 2015: Moved to New York to write for the weekly Jesuit journal America Magazine[1]

Not dead.

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Sources

  • Jesuits in Britain [1]
  • EThOS record of his thesis [3]
  • ORA record of his digitised thesis [4]
  • Ampleforth Abbey 2014 article on 2 recent publiciations [6]
  • Link to text of paper given on Vatican II by NJT to the Midlands Catholic History Society at St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham. "How Novel was Vatican II?"

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Norman Tanner SJ". Jesuits in Britain. April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Farm Street Church". Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Popular religion in Norwich with special reference to the evidence of wills, 1370-1532". EThOS. British Library. 2011. uk.bl.ethos.474555. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b University of Oxford (2011). "ORA Thesis: Popular religion in Norwich". Oxford University Research Archive. Bodleian Libraries. uuid:d36fd225-305c-4713-873d-d7186d26fb35. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Digitisation of Oxford DPhil theses for alumni". Oxford University Gazette. Oxford. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Publishing initiatives of Norman Tanner SJ (H61) have enjoyed mixed fortunes recently". Ampleforth Abbey and College. 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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