Don Thorsen, PhD

Professor, Department of Biblical and Theological Studies

Phone: (626) 815-5444

Email: dthorsen@apu.edu

Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Duke 214

Don Thorsen, PhD, has taught in the Azusa Pacific Seminary since 1988, teaching in Masters and Doctoral programs. He has published more than twenty books on the topics of Christian theology, church history, ethics, ecumenism, and spirituality. Thorsen has served in editorial positions for Christianity Today, Light and Life, Christian Scholar’s Review, and Aldersgate Press. He has served in ecumenical and interreligious work with the Wesleyan Theological Society, Wesleyan Holiness Connection, and National Council of Churches. Thorsen has traveled to more than one hundred countries, in which he has spoken, taught, or preached in more than twenty of them. He is married to Andrea, and they have three children and four grandchildren.

Education

• PhD, Theological and Religious Studies, Drew University
• MPhil, Theological and Religious Studies, Drew University
• ThM, Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
• MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary
• BA, Religious Studies, Stanford University

Academic Area

• Azusa Pacific Seminary

Expertise

• Wesley Studies
• Theology and Religion
• Spirituality
• Church History

Courses Taught

• GDMN 710 – Christian Spirituality
• GDMN 720 – Theology for Spiritual Formation
• GDMN 764 – History & Theology of Worship
• GDMN 768 – Urban Immersion
• GINS 542 – The Gospels and Christology
• GTHE 503 – Church History I
• GTHE 504 – God, Creation, and Humanity
• GTHE 513 – Church History II
• GTHE 514 – Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit & the Church
• GTHE 524 – Theology III
• GTHE 534 – Interdisciplinary Seminar in Theology
• GTHE 544 – Theology of John Wesley
• GTHE 570 – Director Research
• GTHE 584 – Christian Theology
• GTHE 599 – Readings in Church History, Theology & Ethics
• GTHE 615 – Church and Society