Slade, Darren M.: - Darren Slade is President of the Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR.org) and is General Editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal, Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERMjournal.org). Dr. Slade is a theological historian, systematician, and critical rationalist philosopher from Denver, Colorado. Specializing in historic-speculative theology, theoretical metaphysics, and the socio-political development of religious belief systems, Darren's academic publications include topics ranging from the philosophy of religion, ancient Near Eastern and Second-Temple hermeneutical practices, church and Islamic history, and the psychology of religion.