About me
Personal Background
I am neither a professional scientist, religionist or sociologist, more a jobbing philosopher, with varied experience in engineering and small business, and in teaching literature, linguistics and philosophy. I am well retired now, but taught at universities in the UK, Canada, Austria and Guyana. Education and communication are at the heart of all my interests, and I drafted the first British University BA in Human Communication.
My religious perspective stems from a Roman Catholic upbringing, with three years spent in a Benedictine community in Canada. I have been a Quaker for some fifteen years, but increasingly aware that the times are calling for a new kind of spiritual initiative. For me a world permanently divided into mutually incomprehensible “faith groups” is no longer an option, even though most people regard it as inevitable. Many religious leaders now preach “the dignity of difference,” but the challenge I see is far greater than this bland and comforting phrase would suggest.
A good sampling of my talks and essays on science, religion and society are accessible on this website.
Major publications, Jehovah and Hyperspace and Religion Without Fairy Tales, Science with Soul, are available in hard copy. Click to view publications.