Richard Alan Cross Explained

Richard Alan Cross is Rev. John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy and former Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Notre Dame.^[1] Educated at Solihull School, Cross was formerly Professor of Medieval Theology at the University of Oxford and Tutor in Theology at Oriel College, Oxford, and holds a Master of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree. His research interests lie in medieval theology and philosophy, especially Duns Scotus; Christology and the philosophy of religion.

Cross is married to Essaka Joshua, a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Birmingham and a specialist in English literature of the Romantic period.

Publications

• Christology and Metaphysics in the Seventeenth Century – 2022, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Communicatio Idiomatum: Reformation Christological Debates – 2019, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• The Physics of Duns Scotus: The Scientific Context of a Theological Vision – 1998, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
• Duns Scotus, Great Medieval Thinkers – 1999, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Four-Dimensionalism and Identity Across Time: Henry of Ghent vs. Bonaventure – 1999, Journal of the History of Philosophy
• Incarnation, Indwelling and the Vision of God: Henry of Ghent and Some Franciscans – 1999, Franciscan Studies.
• Metaphysics of Incarnation: Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus – 2002, Oxford University Press.
• Duns Scotus on God – 2004, Ashgate Publishing Group Ashgate.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Philosophy . University of Notre Dame . 23 December 2010.