Jane Alison Shaw FRHistS[1] (born 1963) is a British historian of religion, Anglican priest and academic.

She studied modern history at University of Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1985.

[11] Having trained in the St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course, she was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1997 and as a priest in 1998.

[11] She served her curacy at University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, as a non-stipendiary minister between 1997 and 2001.

[24] Shaw's academic writing focuses on modern religion, the arts, gender, and the impact of technology on society.

[26] As an historian, she focuses on lived religion, which Robert Orsi describes as "the volatile and unpredictable nature of religious creation".

[30][31] It unearthed the story of a female Messiah figure living in Bedford, England in the early twentieth century; Mabel "Octavia" Barltrop.

[48][49][50][51][52][53] Shaw was an original member of a thinktank, the Chicago Consultation, advocating for LGBT Christians, and she has worked with V-Day on behalf of women who are victims of violence.