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Interfaith Studies: Receiving the UN WIHW Prize in 2016
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Youth Without Age and Life Without Death

When I was growing up, books of tales and legends from all over the world were to be found throughout the house, many of them published by Grund and wonderfully illustrated. Here is one that deserved to be read or re-read… 

Icon-style illustration of the tale Youth Without Age and Life Without Death: the prince on his winged white horse above a dragon, and the young prince holding a sword beside an open chest
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Theology

Theological Articles

The Crucifixion: eleventh-century Byzantine mosaic at the Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Greece, with Christ on the cross between the Theotokos and Saint John

2026

Healing Without the Altar? Nathan Jacobs on the Atonement, East and West

An evaluation of Nathan Jacobs’s podcast on penal substitution, East and West, in light of The Victorious Victim: what he gets right, and why the Orthodox tradition holds
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Icon of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, with the bishops gathered around the emperor Constantine

2026

A Machine, a Head, and a Missing Proposition: A Critique of T. S. Flanders on the Ybarra-Sellen Debate

A response to T. S. Flanders (OnePeterFive) on the Ybarra-Sellen debate: the Eusebian model of churches in communion, the equivocation on “head,” binding versus infallible, the “doctrinal machine,”
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with President Medvedev on a Moscow rooftop

2026

Which Is the True Church? Reflections on the debate between Jay Dyer and David Wood

Reflections on the debate between Jay Dyer and Dr. David Wood, and on a question that may have been asked the wrong way
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2026

Scripture Alone? A Review of the Sorin-Menard Debate

Few questions have divided Christians more deeply over the last five centuries than this one: is Holy Scripture the only infallible rule of faith, or is it given
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2026

Image and Prototype The Theology and Pastoral Reality of Icon Veneration, with the Biblical Evidence in Full

The Theology and Pastoral Reality of Icon Veneration, with the Biblical Evidence in Full
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2026

Through Him, in the Spirit, with All the Saints To Pray, to Intercede, to Commemorate: The Directions of Prayer in the Orthodox Tradition

To Pray, to Intercede, to Commemorate: The Directions of Prayer in the Orthodox Tradition
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Publications

Books

Cover of How to Know God

2026

How to Know God

An Orthodox Christian answer to the question of how God can be known, written in dialogue with Deepak Chopra’s book of the same name.
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Cover of The Dwelling Place of God

2026

The Dwelling Place of God

Temple theology traced from Genesis to Revelation, and shown to be the living pattern of Eastern Orthodox worship.
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Cover of Between Terror and Mercy

2026

Between Terror and Mercy

How Christians can read the biblical texts of holy war and divine violence, in light of Christ and the Orthodox tradition.
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Cover of The Mystical Gospel in the Lord of the Rings

2026

The Mystical Gospel in the Lord of the Rings

Twelve Eastern Orthodox meditations that read The Lord of the Rings as a map of the soul and of the Christian spiritual journey.
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Cover of From Auctoritas to Potestas

2026

From Auctoritas to Potestas

The development of Roman primacy from the pre-Nicene era to Vatican I, studied through a series of historical and theological case studies.
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Cover of The Intermediate State of the Dead in Catholicism and Orthodoxy

2026

The Intermediate State of the Dead in Catholicism and Orthodoxy

Purgatory, toll booths, indulgences, fire and other mysteries: a comparative study of Catholic and Orthodox teaching on the state of souls between death and the final judgment.
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Cover of The EOB New Testament

2026

The EOB New Testament (Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible)

A well-received English edition of the New Testament from the Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible project, for which I served as Editor.
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Cover of The Catechism of the Orthodox Christian Faith

2026

The Catechism of the Orthodox Christian Faith

A complete revision and major expansion of the Longer Catechism of St Philaret of Moscow, now available in a Request for Comments Pre-Release Edition.
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Cover of His Broken Body

2026

His Broken Body

A study of the historical and theological causes of the separation between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, and of the paths toward reconciliation.
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Global Health & Bioethics

Public Health Articles

Public Health

2026

Key players and determinants improving human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in Cameroon: a cross-sectional nationwide health workers survey

A nationwide survey of Cameroonian health workers identifying which actors and factors contributed to improved HPV vaccination coverage.
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Public Health

2025

Malaria vaccine acceptance and associated factors in Cameroon: A nationwide cross-sectional survey

A nationwide household survey in Cameroon measuring caregiver acceptance of the malaria vaccine and the factors associated with willingness to vaccinate.
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Public Health

2025

Overcoming challenges and achieving high HPV vaccination uptake in Cameroon: lessons learned from a gender-neutral and single-dose program and community engagement

An ecological interrupted time series analysis of DHIS2 data assessing how the gender-neutral single-dose strategy, periodic immunization intensification and communication efforts affected HPV vaccine uptake in Cameroon, 2020
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Other Research

Research

Galaxies and the equations of quantum mechanics

2026

Digital Riba and Algorithmic Finance: Challenges of Digitized Usury in China’s Integrated Payment Landscape

Discusses how algorithmic lending and integrated digital payment systems in China raise questions of interest (riba) under Islamic law.
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Galaxies and the equations of quantum mechanics

2025

Interplay Between the Metaverse and Islamic Finance: Mutual Impacts and Implications for Taxation

Examines the two-way relationship between metaverse platforms and Islamic finance and its consequences for tax policy.
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Galaxies and the equations of quantum mechanics

2025

Patents, Profits, and Machines: How AI Is Reshaping Innovation and Taxation

Analyzes how artificial intelligence is changing patenting, innovation incentives and the taxation of intellectual property income.
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Music

Classical & Poetry

I Quattro Vangeli: The Four Gospels album cover
2026

I Quattro Vangeli: The Four Gospels

Francesco di Vivaldi with Laurent de Kiev
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I Dodici Apostoli: The Twelve Apostles album cover
2026

I Dodici Apostoli: The Twelve Apostles

Francesco di Vivaldi with Laurent de Kiev
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Duodecim Festa Magna: The Twelve Great Feasts album cover
2026

Duodecim Festa Magna: The Twelve Great Feasts

Francesco di Vivaldi with Laurent de Kiev
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Poèmes en Muse et Musique album cover
2026

Poèmes en Muse et Musique

Laurent de Kiev
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De Verlaine a Rimbaud album cover
2024

De Verlaine a Rimbaud

Laurent de Kiev
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Demain dès l'aube album cover
2022

Demain dès l’aube

Laurent de Kiev
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De Musset à Sardou album cover
2021

De Musset à Sardou

Laurent de Kiev
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Blog & Articles

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In Memoriam

Archbishop Vsevolod of Scopelos (1927-2007)

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