Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate is Professor in Literature, Religion and Aesthetics at Lancaster University.

His research focuses on the intersections between literature, theology and aesthetics, with a particular interest in visual culture. He has published widely, including books, articles and chapters on a range of figures including the first monograph about the contemporary novelist and artist Douglas Coupland; John Ruskin; the Pre-Raphaelites; alternative realism; David Bowie; and a many pieces on apocalyptic fiction.

Andrew has two primary historical interests: nineteenth-century writing and its relationship with theological debates and contemporary fiction in relation to the sacred.