About the Author

      Francis B. Kelly  has been schooled in medicine, theology, and bioethics.  Theology  and bioethics occupy the sphere of thought.  While some things can be taught, other things are best learned through experience. Schooling provides knowledge; understanding comes from practice. Medicine is a practice.  Dr Kelly has spent over three decades practising medicine  as a general practitioner in rural and urban settings prior to   over 11 years  in  the Office of Clinical Trials at Health Canada. In all settings the primary focus was to serve the patient  -  directly in clinical practice or indirectly is reviewing applications for clinical trial research by industry and academia. Both relate to medicine as a practice. It is through practice that  knowledge  becomes relevant.

 The centre of medcine is the patient as person. The centre of bioethics is the person.  Contrary to the  common view the centre of theology is also the person. Man as  anthrōpos is a religious being with 'religion' understood as  re ligare which carries the sense of 'belonging to'. Thus, man can 'belong to' anything. Culture is  created  in every contact with others. It is here that   what  we 'belong to' is manifested.  

        But  cultures are susceptible to division. The publications presented here name and address divisions in different cultures. This is done in the service of  the culture in which division is present. Since every culture is situated in a wider culture, naming and addressing division serves the whole and not just the parts. The  intent of the publications is to be of  public service in  fostering culture.  Since culture is dynamic this is an on-going undertaking.

      The  works presented  here are    self-published. Since book retailers  tend  to avoid  self-published works, these publications are not available in bookstores. They will be available at this website in the coming weeks. 

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