Academic Skills

Education

• 256 recommended texts
• 206 classics/primary sources
• 78 Asian
• 61 European and Russian
• 27 African
• 26 New World
• 14 Bible books
• major world belief systems
• disciplines
• philosophy
• religion
• history
• literature
• art

Nov 05-Jan 08
Post-Doctoral Continuing Study - World religions and philosophies

Ministries

98-10
Ministries Websites

• Simply Ben
• End of the Beginning
• Ben Academic Fast Track
• Ben Labs

Producing original creative works to inspire people to pursue truth with intellectual honesty with the inevitable outcome of belief in the Bible: poetry, philosophy, photography, drawings, music, and design. Delivered via the Internet, PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover. For all people who are seeking God and their animal companions. Who don't want to join a traditional church.

Topical Book Collections

• Complete Introductions Collection: contains all the introductory material, from all the other books.
• Complete Psychological Topics: contains most of my writings on the topic of psychology, including: my experiences in the military, my mental illness, and other psychological topics. This book contains Disabled Veteran and the Book of Psychology.
• Complete Ideological Discoveries: contains most of my writings on the topics of philosophy and religion, including: my intellectual discoveries, my worldview and message, how to learn values, and general information on philosophy and theology that are commonly misunderstood. This book contains Theoretical Breakthroughs and the Book of Belief. 
• Complete Red Letter Collection: contains most of the bible quotes in my books. This book contains the Red Letter Book and the Red Letter Book 2.

Collected Philosophical Works

• Free Thinking Christian: Humanities Collection
• Free Thinking Christian: Social Sciences Collection
• Additional Philosophical Works: includes A Different Worldview, More Christian Philosophies, and Encouraging Words
• Insights and Frustrations: contains more of my insights and frustrations in religion, psychology (my mental illness), politics, and the entire Gospel of John and the entire Gospel of Matthew.

Reference Book Collections

• Technical Collection: my experiences developing web sites for 11 years and self-publishing 33 other books
• Book of Lists: Prepare for the Future: recommended philosophy books list, music, art, food, and survival gear

Large Print Editions

• Complete Introductions Collection: Large Print Edition
• Complete Psychological Topics: Large Print Edition
• Complete Ideological Discoveries: Large Print Edition
• Complete Red Letter Collection: Large Print Edition
• Free Thinking Christian: Humanities Collection: Large Print Edition
• Free Thinking Christian: Social Sciences Collection: Large Print Edition
• Additional Philosophical Works: Large Print Edition
• Insights and Frustrations: Large Print Edition

Philosophy Drawings Books

• World Beliefs Illustrations: 70 drawings spanning most major world belief systems
• Ethics and Discovery Illustrations: 78 illustrations featuring Justice and Common Sense and Discover the Old World images
• Philosophy Illustrations Collection: World Beliefs Illustrations, Ethics and Discovery, and Asian Objects and Tattoos
• Asian Objects and Tattoos: 32 illustrations featuring Art Objects and Tattoo Designs all from Asia

Tehnical Drawing Books

• Old World Maps Illustrations: 36 illustrations based on public domain historic maps
• 1800s Technology and Fashion: 36 illustrations of technology and fashion from the 19th Century

Photo Books

• Suburban Farm: 34 photos from 2004-2006 in Eugene and Junction City, Oregon area
• Suburban Farm 2: 33 photos in 2005 in Eugene and Albany, Oregon area

Obsolete Text Books Collections

• Complete Philosophical Works: 10 Years plus Free Thinking Christian collections
• Little Book of Philosophy: if you want to see what my writing is like before committing to a larger work, try this book
• The Fastest Route: introductions from all the other philosophy books, the fastest way to learn about my theories
• 10 Years Book: all the Systematic Books together in one book
• Continuing Philosophy: a topical arrangement of all the content in the Additional Philosophical Works and the Insights and Frustrations collections.
• 10 Years Book: Large Print Edition: all the Systematic Books together in one book
• Continuing Philosophy: Large Print Edition: a topical arrangement of all the content in the Additional Philosophical Works and the Insights and Frustrations collections.

Obsolete Individual Text Books

• Philosophy Core: Introduction to philosophy using my philosophy which combines Philosophical Taoism and Christian Existentialism
• Philosophy Electives: Introduction to Belief and Schizophrenia, Introduction to Ethics, Topics in Theology, Community through the Humanities
• North and South: Postmodernism for Christians and Religion and Ethics
• Beyond Philosophy: my psychological and mystical/poetic journey away from philosophy
• Justice and Faith: class justice and hope for salvation (Historical and New World focus)
• Total Person and Society: greed and generosity (Current Events/Popular Culture and New World focus)
• Unexpected: unexpected positive things about America
• Faith and Creativity in Education: what is wrong with education in America
• A Different Worldview: Atheist objections, Muslim hypocrisy, and extensive background information
• More Christian Philosophies: 2 new alternate philosophies
• Encouraging Words: background information about myself; information about developing values; the purpose of philosophy; and quotes from: the letters from my family, public domain hymns, existentialist quotes from the Apostle Paul’s letters, and the entire text of Ephesians
• Disabled Veteran: my autobiography describing my experiences in the Army and as a person with Schizophrenia
• Art and Ecology: some of the main themes from my academic books, the traditional excels in these areas, while the postmodern struggles
• Theoretical Breakthroughs: the major theoretical developments from the 8 academic books
• Red Letter Book: Bible quotes from the 8 academic books

Other Ministries

• Blank White: free gifts for others including $2,806 worth of content (per copy)
• Creative Commons License: freely copy and distribute website as long as content is not modified in any way and is kept in the same format
• Promotional Links: for charities like Farm Sanctuary who cares for unwanted farm animals and expose/educate about mistreatment, illegal/unsanitary conditions in farm animal industries without breaking any laws

Published Writing

Introductory Books

Collected Philosophical Works 

Topical Collections

Reference Books

Systematic Books

Humanities Books

Jul 07 Philosophy Core self published through Lulu.com
Jul 07 Philosophy Electives self published through Lulu.com
Jul 07 North and South self published through Lulu.com
Jul 07 Beyond Philosophy self published through Lulu.com

Social Science Books

Read Second Books

Poetry

Dec 03 Poem from “Buddhist Poetry” - Issue 5, Two Hundred by 200 (UK)
Nov 03 “Dualisms Poetry” (3 of poems) Issue 4, Creative Treatment (UK)
Apr 03 “French Poetry” (7 poems) Delirium Journal (Ohio Northern University)

Articles

Print

Aug 04 "Retired Poetry" in Laurel Pines Retirement Apts newsletter
01 Poem in Safe (consumer run mental health clubhouse) calendar

Published Art

Drawings Books

Photo Books

Drawings

Photography