John Reader is a writer and social theorist in the UK. He has degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Manchester and Wales, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow. He has published a number of books and articles over the last 16 years. As well as working as a parish priest he serves as a board member on a not-for-profit housing organization, regularly visits a business based on scientific research in the global defence industry, and engages far and wide with the impacts of globalization on the lives of the people around him.