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Harold Netland
Guest Professor
Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies and the Naomi A. Fausch Chair of Missions, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illinois)

E-mail: hnetland@tiu.edu



Education

B.A., Biblical Studies and History, Biola College, 1978

M.A., Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1980

Doctorate of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1983

Japanese language and culture, International Christian University (Tokyo)

Theology and Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary


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Professional and Personal Interests
Dr. Harold Netland has lived much of his life in Japan, including ten years as a missionary educator working with the Evangelical Free Church of America. He was in Kyoto for one year and in Tokyo for eight years. For part of his time in Tokyo, Dr. Netland taught at Tokyo Christian University. He has also taught at Biola College and Talbot Theological Seminary. Dr. Netland's areas of expertise include religious pluralism, epistemology of religion, apologetics, and missions in East Asia.

Dr. Netland and his wife, Ruth, reside in Vernon Hills, Illinois. They have two daughters, both in college. In his spare time, Dr. Netland enjoys reading, hiking, music, sports, and skiing.

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Courses Taught

Membership in Professional Societies

  • The Evangelical Philosophical Society
  • American Society of Missiology
  • The Society of Christian Philosophers

Research


Publications and Presentations

  • Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity (Baker, 2006), coeditor.
  • Encountering Religious Pluralism: The Challenge to Christian Faith and Mission (InterVarsity Press, 2001)
  • Christianity and the Religions (William Carey Library, 1996), co-editor.
  • Dissonant Voices: Religious Pluralism and the Question of Truth (Eerdmans, 1991)

 

 



  
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