About J. F. Alexander

Here’s my brief bio:

J. F. (Jim) Alexander is theologian-in-residence at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in San Jose, California, and author of I Am Sophia, a theologically significant work of future fiction.

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My first book, I Am Sophia, was published in 2021. This genre-straddling work, lauded as "visionary" and "gripping," combines a space-travel story with theological dialogues in an extended parable about God and Christianity’s future. I now am writing a nonfiction theology book, and I lead the Theological Expeditions seminar at Trinity Cathedral, where in 2022 the dean appointed me theologian-in-residence.  

I also am a licensed attorney and general counsel to the spacefaring international nonprofit LunARC. I recently was elected to serve the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real as a lay member of its Board of Trustees, which administers the property and assets of a diocese comprising forty parishes, plus associated schools and ministries, in coastal California and Silicon Valley.

The son of a disabled American veteran and a social worker, I grew up in the Texas Panhandle. I’ve spent most of my adult life in northern California, though I also lived for some years on the East Coast and in Germany. My education spans the liberal arts, international affairs, law, and theology, with meaningful forays into science and technology. With my wife of twenty-three years, I have one adult child, a college student. In my free time, I hike, practice yoga, cycle to raise funds for cancer research, and debate the finer points of the Star Trek canon.

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