Ronald A. Kuipers is a Canadian philosopher of religion based in Toronto, Ontario.

History

Ronald A. Kuipers was born in

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. From 1989 to 1990, Kuipers worked as the Entertainment Editor of The Gateway newspaper. In 2012, Kuipers became an Associate Professor of the philosophy of religion at the

Institute for Christian Studies The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS or ICS Toronto) is a private, graduate-level Reformed philosophical and theological school in Toronto, Ontario. At ICS, students and faculty take part in shared learning through participatory seminars, m ...

in Toronto, Canada. As of 2018, Kuipers is President of the Institute for Christian Studies. He is also the Director of the ICS Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics.

Scholarship

Ronald A. Kuipers began publishing in the mid-1990s. In 1997, Kuipers published his first monograph ''Solidarity and the Stranger'', focused on the philosophy of

Richard Rorty Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic ph ...

. The book was reviewed in

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Religious Studies Review ''Religious Studies Review'' (RSR) is the journal of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (CSSR), which is based at Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, ...

, and

Studies in Religion ''Studies in Religion/'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in English and French in the field of theology. The editors-in-chief are Alain Bouchard () and Patricia Dold (Memorial University of Newfoundland). It was ...

. In 2010, Kuipers presented the "What's So Critical About Faith" lecture series at the

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and the King's University. In 2012, Kuipers published ''

'', the fifth volume in

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's Contemporary American Thinkers series.

Bibliography

As per

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. *''Solidarity and the Stranger: Themes in the Social Philosophy of Richard Rorty'', 1997, *''Walking the Tightrope of Faith: Philosophical Conversations About Reason and Religion'',1999, *''Critical Faith: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Religious Life and Its Public Accountability'', 2002, *''Philosophy as Responsibility: A Celebration of Hendrik Hart's Contribution to the Discipline'', 2002, *'' Richard Rorty: Contemporary American Thinkers'', 2012,

References

External links

Official website
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