Daniel Clausen

Daniel Clausen is a theological writer, independent researcher, and former nondenominational minister who grew up practicing neo-paganism, the occult and western mystery traditions, and was ultimately lead him to Orthodox Christianity. His work explores the intersection of apologetics, Church history and occultism. For over a decade, he has investigated the intellectual and historical roots of Christianity, focusing especially on the first millennium of the Church to assess modern claims about Scripture, tradition, and ecclesial continuity.

Clausen served as Co-Director and remains a consultant for C.A.R.E. (Christian Apologetics Research and Education), an organization devoted to equipping Christians with historically grounded responses to common objections. He also founded QuestChurch: A Christian Church for the Not-Quite Believer and led Free Meaningful Conversation, a street apologetics initiative that facilitated hundreds of public discussions on faith, doubt, and meaning, and was active for several years in International Christian Fellowship, participating in cross-denominational teaching and outreach efforts.

In 2012, Clausen founded Codex Spiritualis Press, a publishing imprint dedicated to reviving Christian works that had fallen out of print, from the early Church Fathers to the Reformers, and select modern authors. This endeavor has given him broad exposure to historical theology across centuries and traditions, further informing his research and writing.

His work led to research engagements with the Vatican Secret Archives, the French National Archives, and Yale’s rare books and manuscripts division. It has been cited in multiple academic publications, and received favorable reviews from scholars in the field.

Clausen is a member of the American Society of Church History and maintained a top 1.9% readership for his works on Academia(edu).

His path into Orthodoxy was not only academic, it came through years of public dialogue, personal searching, prayer, and seeking Christianity's earliest expression. A Pilgrimage to Shiloh is the culmination of that journey: a work of apologetics, typology, and historical challenge to the assumptions of modern Christianity.