The Western Humanism originating in classical Greek philosophy--where the capacity of human reason became the dominant means for perceiving a worldview based in reality--reigned in Western philosophy until the onset of Postmodern Existentialism in the mid-twentieth century. Plato's Theory of Forms prepared the Western gentile mind to accept the rationality of a transcendent ultimate reality, and in so doing steered the gentile mind from its bent to pantheistic deities. The apostle Paul bol...

The Rosemead Psychology Series is a continuing series of studies written for professionals and students in the fields of psychology and theology and in related areas such as pastoral counseling. It seeks to present current thinking on the subject of the integration of psychology that grow out of the interface of psychology and theology. The data and theories of both theoretical and applied psychology are treated in this series, as well as fundamental theological concepts and issues that be...

Clifford Porter's mother and sister are killed in a car crash on a rainy day in Vancouver. After the accident, Cliff's father struggles trying to cope with the tragedy and overwhelmingly grief. Unfortunately, his dad breaks down and is hospitalized. Clifford is sent to spend the summer on Mayne Island with his estranged grandfather. The absolute last thing Cliff wants to do is leave his neighborhood, familiar home surroundings, and move to a small island in the middle of the Salish Sea.

Two Saskatchewan prison guards smash Shane Billhill's head onto a concrete floor placing him in a coma. Dr. Randal Reilly, an aging psychotherapist, decides he must travel from British Columbia to India to tell his niece about Shane. Traveling to India is never easy. Navigating language issues and customs has never been Randal's strong suit. Meanwhile, COVID-19 descends rapidly while Dr. Reilly is in India. Complications and conundrums occur. Foreigners need to leave India, but commercial ...

Dr. John Carter's fourth novel is about four boys who travel by ferry to go on a boy scout camping trip to British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, chaperoned by Ned's uncle, Dr. Reilly, a psychotherapist.Shortly after arriving at camp, the boys go exploring and stumble on a tragic event that forever alters their lives.Through trauma and regret, friendships and love, the young men grow into adulthood, wrestling with dark echoes of that fateful day.Unchecked and unexamined...

Cape Lazo, British Columbia: A NovelForced to move across Canada because of his father's illness, teenaged Peter initially resents his new home: Cape Lazo on Vancouver Island. It's a dull replacement for the bustle and excitement of Montreal.Slowly, Peter is seduced by the natural spendor and easier pace of Cape Lazo and British Columbia. Soon he has new friends, a new perspective, and even a new Newfoundland dog.Years later, Peter, now a globe trotting lawyer and l...

Dr. Randal Reilly is an aging psychotherapist from Vancouver. Kayaking off the British Columbia coast off the Southern Gulf Islands he finds a naked lady in a lifeboat. She is in an amnesic fugue. Harjit Singh is an Appeals Court Judge. Jeff Kroberts is an applied artificial intelligence engineer from Seattle who developed language nanobots and delivers a keynote speech at the Shanghai Symposium. Winston Xing is a gifted musician and executive chauffeur who teaches Jeff how to pace his lif...

Crazy Cousins is a novel about young Vancouver accountants. Stories about success, grief, loss, love and community reactions when tragedy strikes up on Grouse Mountain. It explores how when we are young and invincible, we believe the world is at our feet, and our friendships will last the challenges and upheavals of adulthood. This is the case for Jimmy Swanson and his friends.Crazy Cousins is John Carter's third novel.

The companion book to the HBO film about the Nirvana singer and songwriter, "the most intimate rock doc ever" ( Rolling Stone).Kurt Cobain, legendary lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Nirvana, "the flagship band of Generation X," remains an object of reverence and fascination for music fans. For the first time, his story was told in the fully authorized feature documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, in 2015. Brett Morgen—the Oscar®-nomi...

"An intellectual conversion of great significance." — Denver PostWinner of the Christianity Today Book AwardIn one of the biggest religion news stories ever covered, the Associated Press announced that Professor Antony Flew, the world's leading atheist, now believes in God.Flew is a pioneer for modern atheism. His famous paper, Theology and Falsification, was first presented at a meeting of the Oxf...

On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sin...

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground.From a young age, her life was defined by uncertainty - by trauma and strength, sadness and hope, terrible lows and wondrous highs. As a teenager she found the courage to speak up after experiencing awful and ongoing child sexual abuse. This fight to find her voice would not be her last.In 2021 Grace stepped squarely into the public eye as the Australian of the Year, and was the catalyst for a tidal wave of conversation and actio...