Fr Thomas Crean OP is English, and a Dominican friar and priest. His initial degree was in Theology and Philosophy at Oxford University. He has a doctorate in sacred theology from the International Theological Institute (Austria). He has published articles in various popular and academic venues, including Antiphon, Augustinianum, Christian Order and New Blackfriars. He is the author of several books, including God is no Delusion, The Mass and the Saints (Ignatius), St Luke’s Gospel: a Commentary for believers and Integralism: a Manual of Political Philosophy (with Alan Fimister). His work on the Council of Florence is due to be published shortly by Emmaus Academic. He lives as one of ten friars in the community of St Dominic’s Priory, Haverstock Hill, in north London