Darrel E. Christensen

Darrel Elvyn Christensen (1923–1992) was an American philosopher. He was the founder of Hegel Society of America and its first president. His interest lied particularly in the connection between Hegel and Whitehead.

Life and works Christensen was born Nebraska. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Hastings College in 1945. He went on to earn a Master of Theology from the Southern California School of Theology in 1957, followed by a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1959. After spending a year at the Claremont Schools, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1965, writing a dissertation on "Some Implications for the Doctrine of God of Hegel's Concept of Thought as Mediation" under the supervision of William H. Werkmeister. He began his academic career teaching at Wofford College for several years before relocating in the early 1970s to Salzburg, Austria, where he lived for the rest of his life.

Selected publications