Ann Loades is Emerita Professor of Divinity at Durham University, and Honorary Professor at the University of St. Andrew's. She was the first woman (and only second ever person) to be awarded a CBE for 'services to theology', the first female President of the Society for the Study of Theology, the first woman to be given a personal chair at Durham, and the first woman to take a seat in the Chapter of Durham Cathedral. Her publications include Searching for Lost Coins, Feminist Theology: A Reader, Feminist Theology: Voices from the Past, and The Truth-Seeking Heart.