[November 1999 journal entry]
At least two distinctions define/shape what I think and write – i.e., (1) a ‘from below’ perspective, having experienced chronic illness during my 20s as the spouse of a victim when my ideas and life views were being radically revised and (2) doctoral training/expertise in history and theology that led first through conventional ‘religious’ roles as a pastor and a seminary professor, but eventually led beyond such conventional ‘religious’ roles into ‘non-religious’ secular roles.
