Future Students Faculty James Enns

Faculty - General Studies

Mr. James Enns

Associate Professor in History

Email: James.Enns@prairie.edu

Phone: 403.443.5511 x 3715

Education

Studies, Wheaton College, Regent College, Capernwray Bible School

B.Ed., University of Calgary

M.A., University of Calgary

Ph D Candidate, University of Cambridge

Background

James grew up as a missionary kid in Germany until the end of High School. After High School, he spent a year at Capernwray in England, then attended Wheaton College for two years. He then transferred to the University of Calgary where he finished a degree in Secondary Education with a minor in History. James then moved to Three Hills where he started as a Social Studies teacher at Prairie High School, and ended up as Principal. James also met and married his wife Anne, (another teacher), while teaching at Prairie High School. James returned to the University of Calgary to obtain his MA in History and has been teaching in the Arts and Science Department at Prairie Bible College until 2005. In the fall of 2005 he began working toward a PhD in History at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) which he plans to complete by the spring of 2010. Besides his current research in the history of modern Christian missions he continues to work in the historical fields of Modern Evangelical Christianity and World Christianity In addition to his scholarly pursuits, he enjoys playing and coaching sports, particularly volleyball, soccer and alpine skiing.

Involvement at Prairie

In addition to his teaching duties at Prairie, James is ordained for the Priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada and currently serves as a lay reader and warden at St Barnabas Anglican Church, Three Hills. He also coaches high school sports and community soccer.

Courses 

AS 400 Integrative Seminar

IS 110 History of Missions

HF 333 Early Church History

HI 390 Directed Study

HI 491 History Research Paper

HF 434 Reformation Church History

 

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