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		<title>LGBT-HP: Fix bare &lt;references&gt; tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing &lt;references/&gt;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Fix bare &amp;lt;references&amp;gt; tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing &amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Ross Burgess at 13:50, 2 May 2016</title>
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		<updated>2016-05-02T13:50:16Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Biography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Biography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &#039;&#039;Faith Beyond Resentment&#039;&#039; he describes his family background as &quot;conservative middle-class English evangelical Protestant&quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father was the Rt Hon Michael Alison (died 2004), who, after leaving Oxford University, had spent some time studying theology at Ridley Hall and had gone on to become a prominent Conservative Member of Parliament and Second Church Estates Commissioner. Alison left the [[Church of England]] at the age of eighteen, to join the Roman Catholic Church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html James Alison, &quot;Introduction to Faith Beyond Resentment.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He studied at [[Blackfriars College]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and earned his bachelor&#039;s degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &#039;&#039;Faith Beyond Resentment&#039;&#039; he describes his family background as &quot;conservative middle-class English evangelical Protestant&quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father was the Rt Hon Michael Alison (died 2004), who, after leaving Oxford University, had spent some time studying theology at Ridley Hall and had gone on to become a prominent Conservative Member of Parliament and Second Church Estates Commissioner. Alison left the [[Church of England]] at the age of eighteen, to join the Roman Catholic Church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html James Alison, &quot;Introduction to Faith Beyond Resentment&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He studied at [[Blackfriars College]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and earned his bachelor&#039;s degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison was a member of the Dominican order – his master&amp;#039;s degree is a Dominican lectorate – from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forgivingvictim.com/about-james-alison/ &amp;quot;About James Alison&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison was a member of the Dominican order – his master&amp;#039;s degree is a Dominican lectorate – from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forgivingvictim.com/about-james-alison/ &amp;quot;About James Alison&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison says that his disagreement with the official Roman Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality is based on official Catholic teaching concerning nature, grace and original sin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng17.html James Alison, &quot;Good-faith learning and the fear of God,&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison says that his disagreement with the official Roman Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality is based on official Catholic teaching concerning nature, grace and original sin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng17.html James Alison, &quot;Good-faith learning and the fear of God&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;,&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ross Burgess</name></author>
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		<title>Ross Burgess at 13:49, 2 May 2016</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;James Alison&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1959) is a [[Roman Catholic]] theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard&#039;s anthropological theory to Christian systematic &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;theolog &lt;/del&gt;and for his work on [[LGBT]] issues.  He identifies as gay.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite news |url=&lt;/del&gt;http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/james-alison-sexuality-certainty-and-salvation/3694924 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|title=&lt;/del&gt;James Alison: Sexuality, Certainty and Salvation &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=&lt;/del&gt;8 January 2012 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|work=&lt;/del&gt;RadioNational: Encounter &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|publisher=ABC.net&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;au |accessdate=March 1, 2013}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng67.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:James Alison.jpg|thumb|James Alison]]&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;James Alison&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1959) is a [[Roman Catholic]] theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard&#039;s anthropological theory to Christian systematic &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;theology &lt;/ins&gt;and for his work on [[LGBT]] issues.  He identifies as gay.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/james-alison-sexuality-certainty-and-salvation/3694924 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;James Alison: Sexuality, Certainty and Salvation&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot; &lt;/ins&gt;8 January 2012 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;RadioNational: Encounter&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng67.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Biography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Biography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &#039;&#039;Faith Beyond Resentment&#039;&#039; he describes his family background as &quot;conservative middle-class English evangelical Protestant&quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father was the Rt Hon Michael Alison (died 2004), who, after leaving Oxford University, had spent some time studying theology at Ridley Hall and had gone on to become a prominent Conservative Member of Parliament and Second Church Estates Commissioner.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-alison-550011.html |title=Michael Alison - Obituaries - News |publisher=The Independent |date=2004-05-31 |accessdate=2013-03-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;Alison left the Church of England at the age of eighteen, to join the Roman Catholic Church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=&lt;/del&gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|title=&lt;/del&gt;Introduction to Faith Beyond Resentment&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, by James Alison |publisher=Jamesalison.co&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;uk |date= |accessdate=2013-03-03}}&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He studied at [[Blackfriars College]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and earned his bachelor&#039;s degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &#039;&#039;Faith Beyond Resentment&#039;&#039; he describes his family background as &quot;conservative middle-class English evangelical Protestant&quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father was the Rt Hon Michael Alison (died 2004), who, after leaving Oxford University, had spent some time studying theology at Ridley Hall and had gone on to become a prominent Conservative Member of Parliament and Second Church Estates Commissioner. Alison left the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Church of England&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;at the age of eighteen, to join the Roman Catholic Church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;James Alison, &quot;&lt;/ins&gt;Introduction to Faith Beyond Resentment.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He studied at [[Blackfriars College]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and earned his bachelor&#039;s degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison was a member of the Dominican order – his master&amp;#039;s degree is a Dominican lectorate – from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forgivingvictim.com/about-james-alison/ &amp;quot;About James Alison&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alison was a member of the Dominican order – his master&amp;#039;s degree is a Dominican lectorate – from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forgivingvictim.com/about-james-alison/ &amp;quot;About James Alison&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Roman Catholics]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Theologians]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:1959 births]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Ross Burgess: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;James Alison&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1959) is a Roman Catholic theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard&#039;s anthropological theory to Christian systematic...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;James Alison&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1959) is a &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Roman_Catholic&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Roman Catholic&quot;&gt;Roman Catholic&lt;/a&gt; theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard&amp;#039;s anthropological theory to Christian systematic...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;James Alison&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1959) is a [[Roman Catholic]] theologian and priest. He is noted for his application of René Girard&amp;#039;s anthropological theory to Christian systematic theolog and for his work on [[LGBT]] issues.  He identifies as gay.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/james-alison-sexuality-certainty-and-salvation/3694924 |title=James Alison: Sexuality, Certainty and Salvation |date=8 January 2012 |work=RadioNational: Encounter |publisher=ABC.net.au |accessdate=March 1, 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng67.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
In &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Faith Beyond Resentment&amp;#039;&amp;#039; he describes his family background as &amp;quot;conservative middle-class English evangelical Protestant&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His father was the Rt Hon Michael Alison (died 2004), who, after leaving Oxford University, had spent some time studying theology at Ridley Hall and had gone on to become a prominent Conservative Member of Parliament and Second Church Estates Commissioner.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-alison-550011.html |title=Michael Alison - Obituaries - News |publisher=The Independent |date=2004-05-31 |accessdate=2013-03-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Alison left the Church of England at the age of eighteen, to join the Roman Catholic Church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng22.html |title=Introduction to Faith Beyond Resentment, by James Alison |publisher=Jamesalison.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-03-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He studied at [[Blackfriars College]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and earned his bachelor&amp;#039;s degree and doctorate in theology from the Jesuit Theology Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.&lt;br /&gt;
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Alison was a member of the Dominican order – his master&amp;#039;s degree is a Dominican lectorate – from 1981 to 1995. He has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and the United States. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forgivingvictim.com/about-james-alison/ &amp;quot;About James Alison&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Alison says that his disagreement with the official Roman Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality is based on official Catholic teaching concerning nature, grace and original sin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.jamesalison.co.uk/texts/eng17.html James Alison, &amp;quot;Good-faith learning and the fear of God,&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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