C. Stephen Evans is an American historian

History

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 and philosopher

Philosophy

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, he is one of the United States' leading experts on Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel...

 having published six books on Kierkegaard over 25 years. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University

Baylor University

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. He holds a B.A. with High Honors (philosophy), from Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

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, an M.Phil. (philosophy) from Yale University

Yale University

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, and a Ph.D. (philosophy) from Yale University

Yale University

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.

He has won numerous awards, and reviews manuscripts for several university presses, including Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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, Cambridge University Press

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, Princeton University Press

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, as well as Harper and Rowe. He does the same for several academic journals. He was curator

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 of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library

Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library

The Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library is a research collection dedicated to the work of the 19th Century Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard , housed at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota...

. He has organized several major conferences. He served five years on the editorial board for Kierkegaard Monographs and for the International Kierkegaard Commentary Series. He is a past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers

Society of Christian Philosophers

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 and the Søren Kierkegaard Society.