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Elmer J. Thiessen, Ph.D.
Elmer J. Thiessen (B.Th., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) has
recently taken early retirement after having taught philosophy and religious
studies at Medicine Hat College (Alberta, Canada) for over 30 years. His
official position now is that of a “roving philosopher,” open to short-term
teaching and research positions anywhere in the world. At the present time he is
alternating between contract teaching at Medicine Hat College and teaching
overseas. In 2005 he taught at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in
Leuven, Belgium. This past winter he taught at Lithuania Christian College in
Klaipeda, Lithuania. He has published numerous articles and book reviews, both
in professional journals and religious magazines. His research specialty has
been the philosophy of education – here he has published two books, Teaching for
Commitment, and In Defence of Religious Schools and Colleges (McGill-Queen’s
University Press, 1993; 2001). His present research interest is in the
philosophy of religion, and he has just completed another manuscript, “Making
Converts: The Ethics of Proselytizing,” which is being sent to
publishers.
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