Matt Cardin is a writer, teacher, and musician with a special focus on horror, religion, philosophy, consciousness, and deep cultural trends, including the current rising tide of apocalypticism. He has a master's degree in religious studies from Missouri State University and a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His books include Dark Awakenings (2010) and Divinations of the Deep (2002), both of which explore the electric frontier between religion and horror. He also blogs at The Teeming Brain about all of these topics and more.