{"id":402062,"date":"2026-03-16T12:38:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/?post_type=people&#038;p=402062"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:20:43","slug":"george-haraksin-ii","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/people\/george-haraksin-ii","title":{"rendered":"George Haraksin II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading381545_905984-46_0_0 modal-trigger wp-block-kadence-advancedheading hls-underline\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading381545_905984-46_0_0\">Philosopher-ethicist George Haraksin II is a senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe (RTB). He holds a BA in comparative religions from California State University, Fullerton; an MA in philosophy of religion and ethics from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; and an MA in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.<br><br>George serves as a senior adjunct professor in philosophy and ethics at Azusa Pacific University (APU), where he has taught since 2002. He also teaches at APU\u2019s Hon . . .<br><br><a href=\"#read-more-bio\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column402062_1acc7a-75\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-modal alignnone kt-modal-linkalign-center\" id=\"kt-modal402062_e7ddb3-84\"><div id=\"read-more-bio\" class=\"kb-modal-content402062_e7ddb3-84 kadence-block-pro-modal kt-m-animate-in-fadeup kt-m-animate-out-fadeout\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-modal-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-modal-close=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-modal-container kt-modal-height-fittocontent kt-close-position-inside\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\"><button class=\"kt-modal-close\" aria-label=\"Close Modal\" data-modal-close=\"true\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><line x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"><\/line><line x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"><\/line><\/svg><\/button><div id=\"kt-modal402062_e7ddb3-84-content\" class=\"kt-modal-content\">\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading402062_458eff-44 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-rtb-black-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading402062_458eff-44\">George Haraksin II<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-rtb-black-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ec4afdcb9f401449c98fd54d43d31b1 wp-block-paragraph\">Philosopher-ethicist George Haraksin II is a senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe (RTB). He holds a BA in comparative religions from California State University, Fullerton; an MA in philosophy of religion and ethics from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; and an MA in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.<br><br>George serves as a senior adjunct professor in philosophy and ethics at Azusa Pacific University (APU), where he has taught since 2002. He also teaches at APU\u2019s Honors College and was previously an adjunct faculty member at A. W. Tozer Theological Seminary, Simpson University. George was a lead pastor for five years and an associate pastor for more than 15 years.<br><br>George and his wife, Tracy, live in Southern California and have two grown sons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Haraksin II is a philosopher-ethicist and senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe, specializing in philosophy of religion, ethics, and Christian apologetics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":424974,"menu_order":-1,"template":"","meta":{"_person_authors":[],"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_linked_user_id":0},"discipline":[71256],"people-designation":[64331,64328],"class_list":["post-402062","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-philosophy-ethics","people-designation-ri-faculty","people-designation-staff-scholar"],"acf":{"title":"Senior Research Scholar","social_media":[{"icon":"","link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RTB_official\/search?query=haraksin"}],"user_video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=58vn9DWYBqI","popular_works":null,"images":[{"image":424855},{"image":424862},{"image":424859},{"image":424860},{"image":424861},{"image":424865}],"hide_bio":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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