John Milbank is a British theologian, philosopher, and political theorist. He was educated at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Birmingham and has taught at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge, Virginia, and Nottingham. Currently he is Emeritus Professor of Religion, Politics, and Ethics (Nottingham), President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, and Visiting Professor at the Edith Stein Institute of Philosophy, Granada. He is the author of several books, including Theology and Social Theory, Being Reconciled, Beyond Secular Order, and most recently (with Adrian Pabst) The Politics of Virtue.