Alison Zilversmit (Divinity Shaw Scholar)

Thesis title: The Development of "Development"-in-Mission: Christian Transnational Aid in USPG from 1947 to 2020.

Biography

Qualifications

BA with Honors, Stanford University (2018)

Religious Studies and Philosophy Major, Art History Minor

Phi Beta Kappa

MPhil with Distinction, University of Oxford (2020)

Modern Doctrine of Christian Theology

Clarendon Scholar

Prince Sultan Scholar

MSt, University of Oxford (2023)

Study of Religions: Christianity and Islam

Abrahamic Religions Studentship

Zayed Foundation Study of Islam Studentship

Research summary

I am broadly interested in how global Christianities, British mission history, and (post)colonialism intersect in modern Western Christian charity. 

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