Meet CDU faculty

Donald Prudlo, PHD

Donald Prudlo is an Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. He was formerly a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Liberty Fund in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has a BA in History, with a minor in Classics, from Christendom College; an MA in Theological Studies from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, with a specialization in Historical and Systematic Theology; and a Ph.D. in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, with a specialization in Medieval European History and Theology.

He is the author of several works, including The Martyred Inquisitor: The Life and Cult of Peter of Verona (Ashgate: 2008); The Assassin Saint: The Life and Cult of Carino of Balsamo, Catholic Historical Review (Jan 2008); The Authority of the "Old' Pontifical Biblical Commission (Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 27:3, Fall 2004); and Scriptural Theology of the Counter Reformation (in Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction, ed. Justin Holcomb, (New York University Press, 2006). Prudlo has also delivered a lecture for the Vatican Inquisition Symposium in Rome on the topic of Holiness and Anti-Heretical efforts. He is currently editing a new edition on the idea of Mendicancy in the middle ages for Brill, and is writing a study of the history of Canonization.

CDU Courses
206-0501: Church History, Part 1
203-0502, 206-0502: Church History, Part 2
101-0101, 106-0101, 201-0101, 216-0101G: God, Man and the Universe
201-0104: Madonna: Mary in the Catholic Tradition
101-0203, 201-0203: The Historical Development of Marriage in the Church
101-0401, 201-0401: Introduction to Sacred Scripture
101-1101, 201-1101: Catholic Apologetics
101-0201: Theology of the Sacraments, Part 1
101-0202: Theology of the Sacraments, Part 2

Education
BA in History with a minor in Classics, Christendom College, Front Royal, VA
MA in Theological Studies with a specialization in Historical and Systematic Theology, Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, Alexandria, VA
PhD in Religious Studies with a specialization in Medieval European History and Theology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA


Activity in research, publishing, and professional associations
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly
The Thomist
Faith and Reason;
The Martyred Inquisitor: The Life and Cult of Peter of Verona (Ashgate: 2008)
The Assassin Saint: The Life and Cult of Carino of Balsamo, Catholic Historical Review (Jan 2008)
The Authority of the 'Old' Pontifical Biblical Commission (Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 27:3, Fall 2004)
Scriptural Theology of the Counter Reformation (in Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction, ed. Justin Holcomb, (New York University Press, 2006).