Paradigms: Why We Believe, What We Believe, and How It Can Change (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781548137939)

Robert H. Stucky is an author, educator, linguist, and speaker whose life experience on five continents affords him an unusually broad range of insights into the human dynamic. He holds both a degree in Art and in Theology from Yale University, studied Indian yogic philosophy and meditation intensively, living for a decade under the direct tutelage of a Hindu guru; was an Episcopal priest for sixteen years; and, for ten years, was a nationally certified Health Care Interpreter at the famed Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has taught a wide variety of subjects- including Studio Art, Ancient History, Comparative Religion, Spanish, Medical Terminology- as well as various cross-cultural college seminars; and he has mentored numerous interpreters, medical and nursing students in the art of medical interpretation and cultural competence as essential components of successful health care delivery. A popular and dynamic speaker, he has also run spiritual workshops and retreats, and lectured in both English and Spanish on contemplative practices and Comparative Religion in the U.S. and abroad, including the Parliament of the World's Religions in Barcelona, Expo Ser (Latin America's largest holistic health conference) in Mexico City, and a presentation of his book, Reductionism, Globalization and Faith (co-authored with Sadig A. Malki) at the European Parliament in Brussels. He has recently joined the faculty of Al Basheer Institute- an interfaith center and seminary promoting cross-cultural understanding. For his entire life he has been an ardent advocate for the importance of inter-cultural understanding, promoting a deeper, more experiential grasp of the paradigms that shape our experience, and the forces that can change them.