M. Darrol Bryant is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Director of the Centre for Dialogue & Spirituality in the World Religions, Renison University College, Ontario, Canada. Raised on the plains of North Dakota, he was educated at Concordia College, Harvard Divinity School, and the Institute of Christian Thought, St. Michael’s University College. He initiated a study term abroad in India entitled “Encountering the Living Religions of India” that immersed students in Hindu, Muslim, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, and Christian traditions. He taught courses on Christian thought for more than forty years. He is the author/editor of more than twenty-five volumes including Religion in a New Key, 3rd ed.; Woven on the Loom of Time; Ways of the Spirit: Celebrating Dialogue, Diversity, & Spirituality; Along the Silk Road; and Huston Smith: Essays on World Religion.
“Only a scholar of Bryant's deep learning and splendid pedagogical skills would dare to pack in some 400 pages the entire development of Christian theology, and he does succeed brilliantly! Out of Galilee is highly readable and can serve as an excellent textbook for a course in Christian thought.”
—Peter C. Phan, author of The Joy of Religious Pluralism
“Bryant weaves together contextual analysis, history of doctrine, and human interest in this treatment of whole history of Christian thought. . . . His years of experience shine through in deft descriptions of seminal thinkers and intelligent selection of key moments in the Christian traditions. Out of Galilee is outstanding as a single volume designed to induct the reader into Christian conversation.”
—Richard Topping, Vancouver School of Theology
“Out of Galilee is unlike any other book on the history of Christian thought. Far from the detached treatise of an armchair theologian, it is the culmination of four decades of experience introducing students from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds to the story of the Christian faith, which was informed by a lifetime of dialogue with Christians from every part of the world. Both the book and the story that it tells are truly a great conversation.”
—Adam Stewart, Crandall University
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