Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Graduate School of the City University of New York and currently teaches at SUNY Purchase and Concordia College. He has published on a wide variety of philosophical and literary issues and is a popular guest lecturer at universities, conferences, and forums both here and abroad.
Heart of a Pagan is his first novel.
| Some say there are no
gods; that all we have are fables and empty cant. Some say there was a god once but he
perished, leaving true believers to wonder why the spirit of consecration had fled,
emptying their lives. A few sneer at deity and celebrate its demise. Some desecrate their
temple; some abandon it, let it run down and go to seed. Some devote themselves to god, but conceive him beyond their reach, a pure being on high, with a swarm of followers on their knees, a horde polluted by the transgression of another. Some say there are no heroes any more; some say there never were. Some say that dwarves deserve more consideration than giants. Some say that cripples should be coddled. Some are cynics, holding human nature unworthy of reverence. But not all live their lives in such darkness, devoid of light. - Andrew Bernstein from the Prologue to Heart of a Pagan |
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