Alexandra Pârvan

University of Pitești, Romania

Dr. Alexandra Pârvan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pitești, Romania. She has degrees in Psychology (BSc) and Philosophy (MA, PhD) from the University of Bucharest and the Romanian Academy. Following her PhD dissertation (Problema răului în filosofia lui Augustin – The Problem of Evil in Augustine, 2008), she published on Augustine’s theory of evil, theory of knowledge, and biblical exegesis, and is a multiple entry contributor to the two major current tools of Augustine scholarship (Augustinus Lexikon, 1986- , and The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine, 2013). In addition, her singular, systematic attempt to show the usefulness of Augustine’s ideas in clinical contexts led her to introduce a new field of investigation, called “metaphysical care”, through award-winning research (Prize for Excellence, European Society for Person Centered Healthcare, London, 2018). Her publications cover expertise in fields such as: patristics, early medieval studies, philosophical theology, philosophy of culture, art theory, philosophy of medicine, philosophy and psychotherapy, arts and humanities in medicine. She published the monograph Dublul și diferența (The Double and the Difference, 2004) and two poetry books (2001, 2013). She is a multi-award and prize-winning poet.