Richard Botelho is an author, thinker, philosopher, and social critic. His latest book is the highly acclaimed The Full Extent: An Inquiry into Reality and Destiny. His previous books include gold award winner The New Individualism: Personal Change to Transform Society, Leah’s Way, and Reason for Existence. His works are used in hundreds of colleges and universities and have been featured in The Midwest Quarterly, Library Journal, The Review of Metaphysics, and The Journal of Personal Transformation. He is a leading advocate for a new paradigm challenging the rigidity of scientific materialism, his ideas considered both visionary and transformative. He is a professional affiliate of a number of forward thinking organizations, including The Galileo Commission, UNESCO, Society for Psychi...