John Milbank vs. Angie Hobbs
John Milbank
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25 February 2014
20 August 2025
A high profile debate between two leading philosophers on the topic of faith, secularism, and morality. John Milbank is a Christian philosopher and theologian. Angie Hobbs is an agnostic professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Milbank is regarded as one of today's most important intellectuals. He is known as the founder of the Radical Orthodoxy movement, which has attracted international attention in both religion and politics. He was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge he studied under Rowan Williams. He then received his PhD from the University of Birmingham. Hobbs gained a PhD in Classical Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. She later became Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy and a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. She is a specialist in Ancient Greek philosophy, with a particular interest in ethics, political theory, and moral psychology.
