Name Thomas Schirrmacher Employer Martin Bucer Seminary | Citizenship German Nationality German | |
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Other names Sirmacher, Tomas (lit); Sirmacheris, Tomas (lit); Sirrmahers, Tomass (lit) Known for Christian moral philosophy Books Hope for Europe: 66 Propositions | ||
sanfte apologetik martin bucer seminar 2008 von thomas schirrmacher
Thomas Schirrmacher is a Christian moral philosopher and a specialist in the Sociology of Religion and Religious freedom and holds a chair in Theology (Ethics, Missiology, World Religions). He is chairman of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance and since 2014 president of the International Society for Human Rights.
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- sanfte apologetik martin bucer seminar 2008 von thomas schirrmacher
- Gastvorlesung von thomas schirrmacher im senatssaal der universit t k ln
- Family
- Education
- Career
- Honours
- Books Selection
- Articles Selection
- References
Gastvorlesung von thomas schirrmacher im senatssaal der universit t k ln
Family
Thomas Schirrmacher was born on June 25, 1960 to the german professor of Telecommunications engineering Bernd Schirrmacher and his wife Ingeborg. His great-grandfather was the historian Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher. Thomas Schirrmacher is married to Christine Schirrmacher who is professor of Islamic Studies in Bonn, Germany.
Education
Thomas Schirrmacher studied theology from 1978 to 1982 at STH Basel (Switzerland) and since 1983 Cultural Anthropology and Comparative Religion at University of Bonn. He earned a Drs. theol. in Missiology and Ecumenism at Theological University (Kampen/Netherlands) in 1984, and a Dr. theol. in Missiology and Ecumenics at Theological University of the Reformed Churches (Kampen/Netherlands) in 1985, a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at Pacific Western University (today: California Miramar University) in Los Angeles (CA) in 1989, a Th.D. in Ethics at Whitefield Theological Seminary in Lakeland (FL) in 1996, and a Dr. phil. in Comparative Religion and Sociology of Religion at University of Bonn in 2007. In 1997 he got honorary doctorates (D.D.) from Cranmer Theological House and in 2006 from Acts University in Bangalore.
Career
Between 1982 and 1986 Schirrmacher was pastor of several church communities in Bonn. Since 1996 he is the president of the Martin Bucer European Theological Seminary and Research Institutes, a theological seminary seated in Bonn, Germany with campuses in several countries. From 1994 to 1998 Schirrmacher was professor of missions at the Philadelphia Theological Seminary and since 1995 he is professor for systematic theology at the Whitefield Theological Seminary. He is professor of the sociology of religion at the West University of Timişoara.
Schirrmacher is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Gebende Hände gGmbH (German: Giving Hands charitable Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung), an internationally active relief organisation. He is member of the commission for religious freedom of the World Evangelical Alliance and since 2008 president of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Kapstadt, Colombo). He also is their speaker for human rights. According to media he is one of the leading experts on the topic of persecution of christians. Several times he was speaking as expert on human rights in the German Parliament. In October 2015 he was the only evangelical member of the catholic synod on family lead by Pope Francis. He is president of the International Society for Human Rights, manager of the Religious Liberty Commission of the German and the Swiss Evangelical Alliance, and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom of the World Evangelical Alliance.
Another main focus of the work of Schirrmacher besides religious freedom in the area of human rights is the fight against Human trafficking.
He speaks with church leaders like Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and gives lectures all around the world.
He has authored and edited more than 90 books, which have been translated into 17 languages.
Honours
Schirrmacher received the following honours: