Gene C. Fant, Jr. is professor of English at Union University in Jackson,Tennessee. He holds degrees from James Madison University (B.S. inanthropology), Old Dominion University (M.A. in English), the NewOrleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. in Biblical Languages), andthe University of Southern Mississippi (Ph.D. in Renaissance Englishliterature and a post-doctoral M.Ed. in Educational Leadership).