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Sen McGlinn (born 3 March 1956 in Christchurch) is New Zealand poet, artist and theologian whose speciality is on Baha'i political theology. He is also translator of academic texts from mainly Dutch and Persian and member of the editorial board for Iranian Studies Series. His masters thesis in Islamic studies, at the University of Leiden was titled, Church and State - A postmodern political theology. Between 1984 - 1988 he studied English literature and theology at Otago University, Knox College, Otago and Holy Cross Seminary. His English honours thesis at Otago University was on Eliot's Ash Wednesday (poem).

Poetry

 * 1974, His first collection of poetry, Dawndreams, Caxton Press (New Zealand)
 * 1984, Feeding Harbour, self-published.
 * 1988 New Vessels, self-published.
 * Individual poems have been published in the New Zealand literary journals, Islands, Landfall (journal), and Art's Horizon.

Academic Works

 * Church and State - A postmodern political theology (2005) ISBN-10: 9080746029
 * "Theocratic assumptions in Baha'i Literature" in REASON AND REVELATION: New Directions in Bahá'í Thought, Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, Volume 13 (2003), Kalimat Press ISBN-10: 1890688207

Academic Translations

 * Mirza Yusof Khan Musthashar ad-Dowla Tabrizi's Treatise on Codified Law (Yak Kaleme) (2007), translated by A.A. Seyed-Gohrab & S. McGlinn, (edition, translation and introduction), Amsterdam, Rozenberg Publishers


 * One Word - Yak Kaleme 19th Century Persian Treatise Introducing Western Codified Law (2010), A.A. Seyed-Gohrab, S. McGlinn, Iranian Studies Series ISBN: 978-908-72-8089-5


 * Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog Interdisciplinary Studies of the - Other - in Literature & Internet Texts (2011 reprint), A.A. Seyed-Gohrab, F. Doufikar-Aerts, S. McGlinn Iranian Studies Series (note this page is in Dutch) ISBN: 978-908-72-8090-1