Doerksen completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Western Religious Thought at McMaster University in 2007 and Master of Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College in 1999.
Doerksen has recently co-edited (along with Karl Koop) a collection of essays to celebrate the career of CMU Professor Harry Huebner, entitled The Church Made Strange for the Nations: Essays in Ecclesiology and Political Theology. Doerksen has also authored Beyond Suspicion: Post-Christendom Protestant Political Theology in Yoder and O’Donovan. He is currently researching other topics in political theology, including moral patience, and the relationship between theology and human rights discourse.
In addition to his teaching and research work, Doerksen serves on various boards and committees including L’Arche Winnipeg and Canadian Board of Faith and Life for the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. His pastimes include listening to roots music, running, and collecting used books.
Paul Doerksen grew up near New Bothwell, Manitoba but now lives in Winnipeg. He is a long time member of Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church with his wife, Julie, and three daughters, Cecely, Hannah, and Greta.
Favourite quote:
"To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist."
- Cardinal Sudhard
See the news release on the Harry Huebner Festchrift by Paul Doerksen and Karl Koop.
View/Print a List of Paul Doerksen's Publications (PDF)
