Gary McDonald in conversation with Peter Bolland

Published: June 27, 2019, 6:14 p.m.

b"Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). 'The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger)' is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic 'The Blood of Men and Angels..'\\n\\nPeter Bolland is the humanities and philosophy department chair at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California where he teaches world religions, Asian philosophy, world mythology, and ethics. Bolland is also a columnist for Unity Magazine and the San Diego Troubadour, writing about the intersections between the world's wisdom traditions. He brings his philosophical and comparative religions expertise to a wide variety of community venues like The Chopra Center, The Osher Institute at San Diego State University, The San Diego Vedanta Monastery, San Diego Oasis, and many more. Bolland is also an award winning singer-songwriter and poet. Learn more at peterbolland.com."