Meins G.S. Coetsier, Ph.D. (2008) in Philosophy; Ph.D. (2012) in Comparative Science of Cultures, Ghent University; Ph.D. (2021) in Theology, Trinity College Dublin, is part-time researcher in theology and an ordained deacon in the Diocese of Fulda, Germany. He is author of Etty Hillesum and the Flow of Presence: A Voegelinian Analysis (University of Missouri Press, 2008); The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum (Brill, 2014); Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry: Karl Rahner and the Contemporary Exploration for Meaning (Brill, 2022).
Areas of Study, Research and Scholarship
Philosophy, Theology, Comparative Sciences of Culture, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Culture, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of History, Art, Aesthetics, Hermeneutics,
Phenomenology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness, Contemporary Jewish thought, Philosophy of Dialogue, Practical Theology, Theological Ethics, Ecumenical Studies, Religious Studies,
Spirituality, Prison Ministry, Carceral studies, Diaconate, Social justice and Peace Studies, Etty Hillesum, Rainer Maria Rilke, Eric Voegelin, Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas, Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Viktor Frankl, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Karl Rahner.
"Philosopher in Meditation" 1632 (oil on panel), Rembrandt