Thomas McElwain completed a doctor's degree in Comparative Religion at the University of Stockholm in 1979 under the direction of the renowned Americanist Åke Hultkrantz. He is retired from that university, where he served as Associate Professor (oavlönad docent). He was ordained as a Seventh Day Baptist minister in 1988, served as a missionary until 1990, was director of interfaith dialogue at the Islamic Centre of England 2001-2002. [email protected] Take care in choosing books, especially the edition of The Beloved and I. There are four in addition to ebooks, which are early editions: one-volume paperback, one-volume hardback, ten-volume deluxe hardback, and ten-volume paperback. The Beloved and I is now available only through direct request.