The Return of the Galilean

by John Clark Smith

Novel

247 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Graduate of Syracuse University, Duke University, St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. B.A., M.Div., M.A., Ph.D., ARCT and a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from Humber College. Published articles on Origen, Peirce, Aquinas, Calvin, vegetarianism, and how art is transforming. Published numerous short stories, poetry and one-act plays since 2016. Published a collection of those short stories in TAKING ACTION: Short Stories in 2019, . Published the novel ORANGE DAWN in 2020. Published in 2022 the novel IN SEARCH OF MYSTERY. Published in 2023 the novel THE RETURN OF THE GALILEAN. Published a translation of a work of Origen to English from the ancient Greek and Latin as well as a study of Origen's thought called THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF ORIGEN. Was a Lecturer at University of Toronto, a business consultant, a Managing Director of a public company in U.K., a Project Manager in China, a Music Director, head of a organization that oversaw thirty alternative schools, one of the original founders of an alternative high school, awarded highest degree in piano performance (ARCT), and, not least, a father (of three wonderful children).