Public schools of Darien and Wethersfield, Connecticut.
B.A., American International College.
LL.B. (later converted to J.D.), University of Connecticut School of Law.
M.A., University of Connecticut.
Ph.D., in Philosophy, Boston University; doctoral dissertation "Horatio W. Dresser and the Philosophy of New Thought," published in enlarged and illustrated form in 1993 by Garland Publishing as Healing Hypotheses.
Occupation
Professor of Philosophy and Religion in Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts.
Courses now or formerly taught
Dimensions of Consciousness
Introduction to Philosophy
Life after Death
Mysticism
Philosophy of Religion
Social and Political Philosophy
Beginnings of Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval)
Modern Philosophy
Contemporary Philosophy
American Philosophy
Philosophy and Health Issues
Western Religion
Eastern Religion and Philosophy
Contemporary Religion in America
Western Civilization
Writings
Commercially-published books, in addition to Healing Hypotheses
1985, The Problem is God, Stillpoint Publishing
1995, With Deborah G. Whitehouse, New Thought: A Practical American Spirituality, The Crossroad Publishing Company.
Joint-editor
1973, Religious Reconstruction for the Environmental Future: Proceedings Report, University of Connecticut.
1988, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby: The Complete Writings, DeVorss and Company.
Monograph
1991, Monograph No. 1 of the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion: Contrasting Strains of Metaphysical Idealism Contributing to New Thought.
Self-published softback books and booklets
1981, God in a Nutshell
1986, Metaphysical Mousetraps
1991, A Guide to the Selection and Care of Your Personal God
1991, Inching into the Infinite: A New Way of Thinking and Living
1991, More than Mortal?: Contrasting Concepts and Enigmatic Evidence About Life After Death
Papers given at special conferences, in addition to many presented at regular meetings of various organizations
1976, "The Healing Idealism of P. P. Quimby, Warren F. Evans, and the New Thought Movement," Bicentennial Symposium of Philosophy.
1993, "New Thought: A Link Between East and West," Parliament of the World's Religions.
Member (and in some cases present or past officer, board member, or committee chairman) of
American Philosophical Association
American Academy of Religion
Metaphysical Society of America
Society for the Study of Process Philosophies
International Association for Near-Death Studies
Academy of Religion and Psychical Research
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion (co-founder and currently Program Chair, as well as Board member)
In the International New Thought Alliance (an umbrella organization of New Thought groups and individuals), he is Chairman of the Educational Standards and Accreditation Committee, Chairman of the INTA Committee on the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion, originator and coordinator of the annual Rethinking New Thought sessions held yearly for the past decade at the INTA meetings, and New England District President.
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