James Bowling Mozley (September 15, 1813 - January 4, 1878) was an English theologian.

He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the younger brother of Thomas Mozley, and was educated at Oueen Elizabeth's Grammar School (now Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough) and later Oriel College, Oxford.

Mozley was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen in 1840. He took an active part in the Oxford Movement, but could no more follow Newman into the Roman communion "than fly." He was joint editor of the Christian Remembrancer, but withdrew from the position because of his substantial agreement with the famous Gorham decision.

He was one of the earliest supporters of the Guardian. In 1856 he became vicar of Shoreham, in 1869 canon of Worcester, and in 1871 regius professor of divinity at Oxford. He died at Shoreham on the 4th of January 1878.

Works

• A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination (1835)
• The Primitive Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration (1856)
• A Review of the Baptismal Controversy (1862)
• Subscription to the Articles: a Letter (1863)
• Lectures on Miracles, being the Bampton Lectures for 1865
• Ruling Ideas in Early Ages and their relation to the Old Testament Faith (1877)
• Essays, Historical and Theological, appeared in 1878 (2 vols), with a biographical preface by his sister Anne, who also edited some of his Letters (1884).