Revd Alexander Bailey, CO

I am a brother of the Oratory of St Philip Neri (York) reading for an MPhil in Patristics. Born in Birmingham, I read Theology at Oriel College, where I completed a dissertation on 2 Baruch under the supervision of Professor Hindy Najman.

I am particularly interested in the Latin Fathers of the Fourth Century. I am keen to continue exploring the interaction between liturgy, aesthetics, ecclesiology and doctrine. I am also interested in the modern reception of early Christian thought, particularly by John Henry Newman and Twentieth-century resourcement theologians. 

At the moment, I am working on liturgy and liturgical space in Augustine’s Confessions under the supervision of Professor Carol Harrison.

Bailey, Alexander. Review of  “Christians at Home: John Chrysostom and Domestic Rituals in Fourth‐Century Antioch. By Blake Leyerle. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024. Pp. Xii, 152. $99.95.” Heythrop Journal (2025), Vol 66 (3).

Bailey, Alexander. Review of “Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine’s Confessions. By Kate Cooper. Basic Books, 2023. Pp. 304. £20.00 ( HB ) / £12.99 ( PB ).” The Heythrop Journal (2025), Vol 66 (4) https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.14438 

Bailey, Alexander. Review of “Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation. By  Alex Fogleman. Cambridge University Press,  2023. Pp.  272. £85.00 (HB) / £24.99 (PB) / Open access. ” The Heythrop Journal (2025), Vol 66 (4) https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.14437