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Charles Randall Paul is a founder and president of non-profit organizations focused on religious diplomacy. He has a Ph.D from the University of Chicago, an MBA from Harvard, and has published over 30 articles on methods for engaging in irresolvable conflicts over religion. He has lectured in numerous countries around the world and is fluent in English and French. Paul has extensive experience in for-profit real estate development, non-profit leadership, military service, and volunteer work.
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Academic vita
- 1. CHARLES RANDALL PAUL Summary Vita Contact: 5915 Quail Creek Lane Highland, Utah 84003 USA email: randall@icloud.com Profession: Non-Profit: Founder and President, Foundation for Religious Diplomacy, current. Board of Editors, International Journal of Decision Ethics, Oxford, current. Board Member, Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology, current. Board of Editors, Global Scholarly Publications, current For Profit: Executive Chairman, The World Table, PBC, 2013 to present Senior Partner, Paul Partners, real estate development firm, 2000-2008 Intermountain Area Partner, Trammell Crow Company, 1972 to 1988. Education: Ph.D. University of Chicago at The Committee on Social Thought, 2000. M.B.A. Harvard University, 1972. Emphasis in starting new ventures and finance. B.S. Brigham Young University, 1970. Major in social psychology, minor in philosophy. Publications: Dissertation: Converting the Saints: An Investigation of Religious Conflict Using A Study of Protestant Missionary Methods in an Early 20th Century Engagement with Mormonism Reading Committee: David Tracy (Chicago), Martin Marty (Chicago), Harold Bloom (Yale). Pending publication: Fighting About God: How We Can We Do It Better; Rivaltrust: A Manifesto for Peaceful Co-resistance; and Converting the Saints: A Study in American Religious Conflict. Articles: Over thirty articles and speeches on methods for engaging in irresolvable conflicts over religion, politics or truth claims. Recently published in scholarly journals: Pluralism, Conflict and Love in the Thought of Joseph Smith, Jr., Healthy Contestation Over Irresolvable Foundational Beliefs, The Sacred Secret Open to All: Ye Are Gods The American Experiment: Can We Live in Peaceful Co-resistance with Religious Rivals?, Inter-Religious Diplomacy: Trustworthy Opponents in Peaceful Tension, God Is Somebody to Love: A Response to Stephen Webb’s Theology of Divine Embodiment.
- 2. Lectures and Foreign Experience: Lectured in Amritser, Beijing, Cairo, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Lahore, Moscow, New Delhi, Sana’a, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tehran. Traveled to numerous countries in Africa, North, Central and South America, South Pacific, East and South Asia, Middle East, and Western and Central Europe. Fluent in English and French. Selected Past Activities: Captain, U. S. Army Reserve, Retired; Council leader, Boy Scouts of America; Church Missionary, France and Belgium; Founding Board Member, Arizona Shelter Services; Phoenix Skyline Building Award for Excellence; Chairman, Highland City Master Planning Group; Part- time Minister for College Congregation. Personal: Raised in Short Hills, New Jersey. Married forty-five years to Jann Waid. Five children and fifteen grand children. Interests: intercultural diplomacy, social conflict theory, urban design, aesthetics, alpine sports, deepening friendships with my family and other associates.