Ronald A. Kuipers
Canadian philosopher
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Ronald A. Kuipers is a Canadian philosopher of religion based in Toronto, Ontario.[1][2][3]
Ronald A. Kuipers | |
|---|---|
Kuipers in 2017 | |
| Family | Gerry Kuipers (father) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Hendrik Hart and Henk Vroom | |
| Philosophical work | |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, pragmatism |
History
Ronald A. Kuipers was born in Edmonton, Canada. From 1989 to 1990, Kuipers worked as the Entertainment Editor of The Gateway newspaper.[4][5] In 2012, Kuipers became an associate professor of the philosophy of religion at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Canada.[6]
As of 2018, Kuipers is President of the Institute for Christian Studies.[7][8] He is also the Director of the ICS Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics.[9]
Scholarship
Ronald A. Kuipers began publishing in the mid-1990s.[10] In 1997, Kuipers published his first monograph Solidarity and the Stranger, focused on the philosophy of Richard Rorty.[11][12] The book was reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics, Religious Studies Review, and Studies in Religion.[13][14][15] In 2010, Kuipers presented the "What's So Critical About Faith" lecture series at the University of Calgary and the King's University.[16][17][18]
In 2012, Kuipers published Richard Rorty, the fifth volume in Bloomsbury's Contemporary American Thinkers series.[19]
Bibliography
As per OCLC WorldCat.[20]
- Solidarity and the Stranger: Themes in the Social Philosophy of Richard Rorty, 1997, ISBN 9780761808893
- Walking the Tightrope of Faith: Philosophical Conversations About Reason and Religion, 1999, ISBN 9789042007161
- Critical Faith: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Religious Life and Its Public Accountability, 2002, ISBN 9789042008533
- Philosophy as Responsibility: A Celebration of Hendrik Hart's Contribution to the Discipline, 2002, ISBN 9780761824268
- Richard Rorty: Contemporary American Thinkers, 2012, ISBN 9781441182388