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Raymond Klassen – Ideals and Identities

A blog about values

Authenticity

Easily my earliest and largest research area… Authenticity is more than being true to who you are, it is also being true to yourself in relationship with others. These are significant others – but not just everyone.

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Performative Authenticity

The Friendship Recession: Learned Loneliness (Part 1)

The Friendship Recession: Friendship as Both Needed and Discovered (Part 2)

The Friendship Recession: Resilient Practice (Part 3)

Authenticity Under Threat: An Existential Response (Part 1)

Authenticity Under Threat: Alienation in Mass Society (Part 2)

Authenticity Under Threat: Mysterious Relationship (Part 3)

Authenticity Under Threat: Existentialism and the Church’s Potential Complacency (Part 4)

Authenticity and Humility in the Noise of Greatness

Changing Language; Changing Identity

A Private Life and Her Three Communities

Christian Faith: False Church and Inauthenticity

About me: I am a career educator and traveler at heart. My written work includes academic writing in philosophy and linguistics, English acquisition, and most intently in the areas of spiritual engagement with reality and what that means for our public lives.

My education is a mixture of formal study in philosophy, political theory, Biblical studies, and history, along with professional teaching certification in TESOL and in cognitive testing, and international teaching.

My travel experiences include a range of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. I have lived in Canada, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand. From those places I have traveled to many others besides.

I am a child of the 70’s and a “family man.” That means I have two wonderful kids who have been round the world with me.

Lastly, I am married to a wonderful woman since 2004. She is my partner, my friend, and my muse.

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