Alexander DaCruz
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests:
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman chronicle writing, ecclesiastical historical writing, hagiography, and Greek and Latin patristics
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B.A. in History at Belmont University
MDiv at Covenant Theological Seminary -
“‘The Hands of a Healer’”: St Oswald's Miracles and Royal Imitation in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum,” Learning in the Works of Bede Session (Moderated by Dr. Rosalind Love), Leeds International Medieval Conference, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2025 (Forthcoming).
“Against the ‘idol-maniacs’: An Examination of the Historical Context for the Anti-pagan Polemical Digressions in the Historia Ecclesiastica of Evagrius Scholasticus,” Early Church Polemics and Apologetics Session (Moderated by Dr. Lloyd Harsch), American Society of Church History Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January 2025.
“Divine Providence and Punishment as Apologetic Features in Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History,” Late Antique Special Session (Moderated by Dr. Jonathan J. Arnold), International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2024.
“A Tripartite History of the Role of God’s Providence During the Rule of Julian the Apostate,” Theological Fellowship Conference, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO, January 2023.
“Paul the αρχιτέκτων,” Theological Fellowship Conference, Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, MO, January 2022. -
2024-2025 Fordham University GSAS Loyola New Student Distinguished Fellowship
2023-2024 Saint Louis University Graduate Research Assistantship
2023 Covenant Theological Seminary Exegesis Prize
2022-2023 Covenant Theological Seminary Founders Scholarship
2019-2022 Covenant Theological Seminary RUF Scholarship
2016-2017 Phi Alpha Theta Collegiate Historical Honor Society