James McDonald (writer)

James McDonald is a British polymath: mathematician, etymologist, historian, theologian and non-fiction writer.

[4][5] Something of a polymath, he has also written on subjects as diverse as computer simulation, mathematical problems, philosophy, etymology and comparative philology.

For several years he wrote a weekly column on English word origins for the Sunday Express, a national newspaper in the UK.

According to his publishers his book Beyond Belief took over 20 years of research, including an overland expedition from Europe to South and Central Asia, retracing the journeys of Alexander the Great, Robert Byron and Eric Newby.

His biography in the 5th edition of his book Voltaire on the Cathars notes that he is one of a small but growing number of atheist theologians.

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