John Feeney
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Introduction | My name is John Feeney and I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts of Irish-Catholic heritage. I studied Religion at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston and Pre-Law/Political Science at the University of South Florida. Have worked professionally in Christian urban missions and am a published free-lance writer of short articles. Politically I am fiercely independent and do not fit neatly into a "liberal" or "conservative" ideological box or category, but rather tend to consider issues one at a time on their own individual merits. I've been very active in the anti-war movement and am a strong advocate for a more compassionate criminal justice system. On matters of theology I would describe my beliefs as those of a very conservative and orthodox Episcopalian, but reject the fundamentalist notions of the evangelical Religious Right. Would describe myself spiritually as something of a romantic and anachronist, one who sometimes thinks he was born in the wrong century. More's the pity! |
| Interests | Church (traditional liturgical worship - I loathe most "contemporary" services), Law and Government (as opposed to "politics" which interests me less), Theology, History, Free-Lance Writing, Film, Books, Music (esp. Classic Rock), Camping & Canoeing, Cycling, Beer |
| Favorite movies | Avatar, Braveheart, Kingdom of Heaven, Rob Roy, Dances with Wolves, Rush, V for Vendetta, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Good Night and Good Luck, The Departed, Master and Commander, The Matrix, Miami Vice (the 2006 film not the 80's TV series), |
| Favorite music | 60's & 70's Classic Rock, Folk, Celtic, Blues, Traditional Church music |
| Favorite books | Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", "The Screwtape Letters" and "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, Orwells' "1984", "Shibumi" by Trevanian, "The Jesus I Never Knew" by Philip Yancey, "Reversible Errors" by Scott Turow, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer, "QB VII" by Leon Uris, "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sir Thomas Mallory's "Morte d' Artur", Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities", Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables", Asimov's "Foundation" series and "I Robot." |