Thomas Schirrmacher (*1960) is Chair of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, professor of ethics at Martin Bucer European Theological Seminary and Research Institutes (Bonn, Zurich, Innsbruck, Prague, Istanbul) as well as professor of the sociology of religion at the State University of Oradea in Romania.As an international human rights expert he is board member of the International Society for Human Rights, spokesman for human rights of the World Evangelical Alliance and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo).
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Areas of Interest:
Truth and Pluralism, Science and Bioethics, Poverty and Wealth, Creation Care, World Faiths, Cities, Prosperity Gospel
Occupation: Professor of the sociology of religion
Groups: Cape Town 2010 Congress Participants, Lausanne Blogger Network
A response to Ajith Fernando’s ’Embracing Suffering in Service’As a Westerner I wholeheartedly agree with Fernando’s conclusions. For centuries large parts of the Middle East were lost to church and…
Helping like Joseph
Truths that bind democracy
Tokyo 2010 2000 missionary leaders from 140 countries – primarily representing the largest Protes-tant missionary societies - met for a four-day world missions conference entitled “Tokyo 2010 – Global Mission…