About Sarah Coakley
Sarah Anne Coakley (born 10 September 1951) is an English Anglican priest, systematic theologian, and philosopher of religion with interdisciplinary interests. She became an honorary professor at the Logos Institute, the University of St Andrews, after retiring from the position of Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity (2007–2018) at the University of Cambridge. She was a visiting professorial fellow (2019-22) then honorary professor at the Australian Catholic University, and an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. == Early life and education == Born as Sarah Anne Furber on 10 September 1951 in the affluent area of Blackheath, London, Coakley attended the fee-paying Blackheath High School. Following this, she spent a year teaching English and Latin in Lesotho. Her education continued at New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College; BA, first-class honours, 1973), and at Harvard Divinity School (ThM, 1975), to which she went as a Harkness Fellow. Her PhD on Ernst Troeltsch is also from the University of Cambridge (1983). == Career == === Academic career === Coakley has taught at Lancaster University (1976–1991), Oriel College, Oxford (1991–1993), and Harvard University in the divinity school (1993–2007; as Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity, 1995–2007). She was a visiting professor of religion at Princeton University (2003–2004). In 2006, she was elected the Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge (the first woman appointed to this chair) and took up the position in 2007.
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