John G. Stackhouse, Jr., PhD

Dr. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is the Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University. He received a B.A. (First Class) from Queen’s University, a M.A. summa cum laude from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. Dr. Stackhouse joined the Arts, Business, and Science faculty in 2015.

Professor Stackhouse’s research is focused on Christian theology, history, philosophy, and ethics. His/her past projects, publications, and presentations relate to the history of North American Christianity (particularly evangelicalism), Christian systematic theology, philosophy of knowledge, apologetics, Christian leadership, and ethics. His most recent books are Can I Believe? Christianity for the Hesitant and Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction, both from the Oxford University Press.

Professor Stackhouse is currently working on a book on Christian epistemology (“How to Think as a Christian”) and another on Christian doctrine (“Questionable Theology”), both under contract with the Oxford University Press.

Notable among his/her credentials are listing in Who’s Who in Canada (since 1998), more than a dozen awards for journalism from the Canadian Church Press, multiple book prizes, and university awards in teaching, service, outreach, and scholarship. Prior to Crandall, Professor Stackhouse taught at Regent College and the University of Manitoba, and has supervised or examined doctoral theses at the University of Oxford, the University of British Columbia, and McGill University.