Sean D. Sammon, FMS, is a Marist Brother who currently holds the appointment of Scholar in Residence at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Prior to this position he served his religious congregation as its Superior General, Vicar General, and a Provincial of one of its US Provinces. Having been President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in the US and International Clinical Director of the House of Affirmation, he holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University and is the author of several books and numerous articles examining the interface between spirituality and the social sciences.