Boersma, Hans

Hans Boersma is an evangelical theologian who serves as J.I. Packer Professor of Theology, Regents College, Vancouver. He did his doctoral work (at the State University of Utrecht) on the doctrine of justification in the 17th century Puritan theologian Richard Baxter but is best known for his work on atonement, especially the problem of violence and the atonement which is most fully discussed in his book, Violence, Hospitality and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition.