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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 ANCI ...more

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	Orange Dawn 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Raise a Courageous Child it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Action: Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient Wisdom of Origen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Fog of Assumptions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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John rated a book it was amazing The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Levin admits (p. xii) that he is a conservative, which, of course, would imply that he favors Burke more than Paine. I expected to find a bias in every discussion toward Burke. But it was not so. I doubt Burke or Paine could have proceeded more objec ...more
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