Dr. Robert Alvis
Faculty
Department: History
Title: Academic Dean and Professor of Church History
Education History
- PhD (University of Chicago, 2000)
- MA (University of Chicago, 1992)
- BA (University of Virginia, 1991)
Biography
Dr. Robert E. Alvis taught at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School
of Theology since 2004.
His courses include surveys of the ancient, medieval, and modern
periods and more targeted studies of Christianity in America,
Christian architecture, and Christian-Muslim relations.
His research focuses on Christianity in modern Central and
Eastern Europe. His first book is Religion and the Rise of
Nationalism: A Profile of an East-Central European City
(Syracuse University Press 2005). His latest book is White
Eagle, Black Madonna: One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic
Tradition (Fordham University Press, 2016). He is co-editor of
Prisms of Faith: Perspectives on Religious Education and the
Cultivation of Catholic Identity (Pickwick Publications,
2015). He has published numerous articles, essays, and reviews in
prominent scholarly journals, including Church History,
the American Historical Review, the Journal of
Religion, German Studies Review, and the Catholic
Historical Review.
Email: ralvis@saintmeinrad.edu
