Author Listings (Philosophy)
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| James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago and recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. His name has been given to the "Flynn effect", the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. His book, What is Intelligence?, lays the foundation for ....[more] |
| Basil Hewitt is a retired Southern Baptist Pastor. A native of Panama, Mr. Hewitt was raised on the Panama Canal Zone. He and his wife, May, were both members of Bethany Baptist Church on the Canal Zone. The Hewitts have three grown children, five grand-children, and three great-grand-children. The Hewitts lived in ....[more] |
| Minister and best-selling Christian author Max Lucado was educated at Abilene Christian University. He has been pastor of the Oak Hills Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas since 1988. He also hosts UpWords, a fifteen minute radio show that can be heard in thirty states. Lucado has authored over twenty books, three o....[more] |
| Born in Basle, Switzerland in 1907, Frithjof Schuon was the twentieth century's pre-eminent spokesman for the perennialist school of comparative religious thought.
The leitmotif of Schuon's work was foreshadowed in an encounter during his youth with a marabout who had accompanied some members of his Senegalese village....[more] |
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DILLON BURROUGHS is a bestselling writer of more than twenty-six books. He is best known for his collaborative works with faith-based leaders, authors, and athletes, though he has also earned a growing reputation within the social justice movement.
Burroughs was raised in a deeply ....[more] |
| Jurgen Habermas is a German sociologist who studied at the universities of Gottingen, Zurich, and Bonn. He taught at Frankfurt am Main, Marburg, and Heidelberg before becoming professor of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. His works, widely translated, have made him one of the most influential social theorists....[more] |
| Tony Kearney was born in New Zealand where he grew up and studied at University. Having qualified as a lawyer he then embarked on travels around the world before settling in London where he practised as a lawyer for nearly 25 years.
In his spare time he has travelled widely taking workshops, seminars and giving l....[more] |
| Peter Ochs (Phd Yale; MA Jewish Theological Seminary)is Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies at the University of Virginia, where he also directs Religious Studies graduate programs in “Scripture, Interpretation, and Practice” – an interdisciplinary approach to the Abrahamic traditions and more. He is co-f....[more] |
| don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer) mother and nagual (shaman) grandfather. The family anticipated don Miguel would embrace their centuries old legacy of healing and teaching and as a nagual, carry forward the esoteric Toltec knowledge. Instead, distracte....[more] |
| Dr. Ken R. Vincent is a writer whose books include THE GOLDEN THREAD, GOD'S PROMISE OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION, THE MAGI: FROM ZOROASTER TO THE "THREE WISE MEN," and VISIONS OF GOD FROM THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. He is webmaster for the UNIVERSALIST HERALD (www.universalist-herald.net) and on the Editorial Team of Vital S....[more] |
| Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 21 April 1109) was an Italian-born philosopher and theologian. He is considered by some to be one of the greatest Christian writers of medieval Europe. Anselm is thought of as the Founder of Scholasticism and the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God. A....[more] |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order known for his philosophy and theology work. “Aquinas” indicates his residence – not his surname – so he is sometimes referred to as Thomas. Thomas is the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. He was the foremos....[more] |
| An influence on many modern philosophers, Georges Bataille was born in France in 1897. While for some of his childhood, he considered the priesthood, even attending a Catholic seminary for a period of time, but soon changed his mind. After graduation from the university, Bataille worked as a librarian at the National L....[more] |
| Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 - died June 13, 1965)— died June 13, 1965) Buber born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary and died in Jerusalem. He was the son of Carl Buber and Elise Wurgast, who divorced when he was three years old, and for the next ten years he was raised by his grandparents, Solomon and Adele Buber. He was....[more] |
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