Donald D. Evans

Donald Dwight Evans (September 21, 1927 – January 5, 2018) was a Canadian educator, psychotherapist, and spiritual counsellor.

Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Evans obtained a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1950, following which he earned a B.Phil. from Oxford University and a B.D. from McGill University. He was ordained as a pastor in the United Church of Canada in 1955. He was a professor of divinity at the University of Toronto from 1960 to 1964 (during which time he received a D.Phil. from Oxford), an associate professor of philosophy from 1964 to 1968, and full professor from 1968 until 1993.

In his early work, his ‘’The Logic of Self-Involvement’’ (1963), Evans finds the meaning of religion within language. In his later works, his 1980 ‘’Faith, Authenticity, and Morality’’ and his 1981 ‘’Struggle and Fulfillment,’’ Evans finds the basis of religious belief in religious experience. He died on January 5, 2018, aged 90.