Thomas Paul Schirrmacher is a German Christian moral philosopher and a specialist in the Sociology of Religion and religious freedom. He is known as a global human rights activist and holds a chair in Theology (Ethics, Missiology, World Religions). Schirrmacher serves the World Evangelical Alliance as secretary general and as chair of the Theological Commission. He is also an Anglican bishop. Since 2014 he is president of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom.