Thomas Schirrmacher

International human rights expert

Thomas Schirrmacher (*1960) earned four doctorates in Ecumenical  Theology (Dr. theol., 1985, Netherlands), in Cultural Anthropology  (PhD, 1989, USA), in Ethics (ThD, 1996, USA), and in Sociology of  Religions (Dr. phil., 2007, Germany) and received two honorary  doctorates in Theology (DD, 1997, USA) and International Development  (DD, 2006, India).

He is professor of ethics at Martin Bucer Seminary (Bonn, Zurich, Prague, Istanbul) as well as professor of the sociology of religion at  the State University of Oradea in Romania.

As an international human rights expert he is board member of the International Society for Human Rights, spokesman for human rights of  the World Evangelical Alliance and director of the International  Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo).