{"id":1414,"date":"2011-04-19T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T20:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2011-04-19T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T20:54:35","slug":"cmu-announces-appointment-of-dr-paul-doerksen-in-humanities-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2011\/cmu-announces-appointment-of-dr-paul-doerksen-in-humanities-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"CMU Announces Appointment of Dr. Paul Doerksen in Humanities Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Assistant Professor in Biblical & Theological Studies Assumes Role July 2011<\/p>\n

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\n<\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em>President Gerald Gerbrandt is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Doerksen as Assistant Professor in the Biblical & Theological Studies Department at Canadian Mennonite University, beginning July 1, 2011.<\/p>\n

Dr. Earl Davey, Vice-President Academic, says of Doerksen\u2019s appointment, \u201cPaul\u2019s rich teaching experience, his scholarly depth, and his profound understanding of the role of theological reflection in the university and the church will strengthen CMU\u2019s profile significantly, and will provide students with a remarkable mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Dean of Humanities Gordon Matties, \u201cNot only does Paul understand well the public role of the university as it serves the larger Canadian and international community,<\/span> he is also sensitive to CMU\u2019s mission to serve and shape the church even as it remains open and vulnerable to being shaped by the church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood education,\u201d Doerksen says, \u201ccultivates openness to the world, to ideas, to being formed, and forming others in significant ways, and lets us know that we are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doerksen will have teaching responsibilities in Theology and Ethics, History of Christianity, and Anabaptist Studies. His areas of interest are wide ranging, including political theology, emerging church theology, peace theology, human rights, and theological ethics.<\/p>\n

He holds a PhD from McMaster University (Hamilton, ON), a Master of Theological Studies from Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, ON), Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees from The University of Winnipeg, and a Bachelor of Religious Education from Briercrest Bible College.<\/p>\n

Doerksen is a published scholar, having written Beyond Suspicion: Post-Christendom Protestant Political Theology in John Howard Yoder and Oliver O\u2019Donovan<\/em> (Paternoster Press, 2009) as well as articles in books and journals. He is currently working on a book on the notion of moral patience.<\/p>\n

Since 2007 he has led the popular Continuing Education venture called Take and Read: A Theology Book Discussion Group<\/em>, which will continue as he makes the transition to CMU.<\/p>\n

Doerksen comes to CMU from years of experience in high school teaching at Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute (Winnipeg, MB) and teaching university courses in various contexts. As a member of the Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church, he is also the Manitoba representative on the denomination\u2019s national Board of Faith and Life. He also serves on the board of L\u2019Arche Winnipeg.
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\n<\/em>Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is an accredited Christian university offering undergraduate degrees in the arts, music, music therapy, theology, and church ministries, and master degrees in theological studies and Christian ministry. CMU is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)<\/span> <\/span>. Located in Manitoba, CMU has over 1,700 students at its Shaftesbury Campus in Southwest Winnipeg, at Menno Simons College in downtown Winnipeg, and enrolled through Outtatown, CMU’s adventure and discipleship program.
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For information contact:
\nNadine Kampen, Communications and Marketing Director
\nnkampen@cmu.ca<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span>Tel. 204.487.3300, Toll free 877.231.4570
\nCanadian Mennonite University, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd.
\nWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3P 2N2<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assistant Professor in Biblical & Theological Studies Assumes Role July 2011 President Gerald Gerbrandt is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Doerksen as Assistant Professor in the Biblical & Theological Studies Department at Canadian Mennonite University, beginning July 1, 2011. Dr. Earl Davey, Vice-President Academic, says of Doerksen\u2019s appointment, \u201cPaul\u2019s rich teaching experience, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}