Short biography
Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, Ph.D., D.D., (born 1960) is speaker for human rights of the World Evangelical Alliance, speaking for appr. 400 million Christinas, and director of its new International Institut for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo). He is also director of the Commission for Religious Freedom of the German and Austrian Evangelical Alliance. He is member of the board of the International Society for Human Rights.
Schirrmacher ist professor of the sociology of religion at the State University of Oradea (Romania) and Distinguished Professor of Global Ethics and International Development in Meghalaya (India). He is also president of ‘Martin Bucer European Theological Seminary and Research Instituts’ with small campuses in Bonn, Hamburg, Berlin, Zurich, Innsbruck, Linz, Prague, Istanbul und Ankara, where he teaches ethics and comparative religions.
He studied theology from 1978 to 1982 at STH Basel (Switzerland) and since 1983 Cultural Anthropology and Comparative Religions at Bonn State University. He earned a Drs. theol. in Missiology and Ecumenics at Theological University (Kampen/Netherlands) in 1984, and a Dr. theol. in Missiology and Ecumenics at Johannes Calvin Foundation (Kampen/Netherlands) in 1985, a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at Pacific Western 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 Religions / Sociology of Religion at State University of Bonn in 2007. In 1997 he got honorary doctorates (D.D.) from Cranmer Theological House, in 2006 from Acts University in Bangalore.
His newest books are on racism (2009), persecution of Christian in Iraq (2009), HIV/AIDS as Christian challenge (2008), internet pornography (2008), Hitlers religion of war (2007), multiculturalism (2007). His 92 books where published in 16 languages.
He is listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World, Dictionary of International Biography, International Who is Who of Professio nals, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and many other biographical yearbooks.
Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher (born in 1960) is Speaker for Human-Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance, that represents about 300 Mio. evangelical Christians all over the World, and he is Executive Director the in 2006 founded International Institut for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Kapstadt, Colombo). 