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Dr. Steve Weidenkopf


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Dr. Steve Weidenkopf is an adjunct professor at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology in Alexandria, Virginia, where he teaches courses in Church history and the crusades. He is the creator, co-author, and presenter of Epic: A Journey through Church History as well as Epic: The Early Church

In addition to his work with Ascension, Dr. Weidenkopf is the author of many books about Church history, the Middle Ages, and the crusades. He is a member of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East–an international academic group dedicated to the field of crusading history–as well as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. 

Dr. Weidenkopf and his wife, Kasey, live in Northern Virginia and have six children and one grandchild.

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