Seminary to host president of Fuller Theological Seminary for talk

   Dr. Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, is the recipient of Princeton Theological Seminary’s 2007 Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.
   He will receive the award when he delivers the seminary’s Kuyper Lecture 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Miller Chapel on the seminary campus.
   His lecture is titled "Church, Pluralism, and Civil Society: Kuyper for a New Century."
   Dr. Mouw has been president of Fuller Seminary, a multidenominational seminary in Pasadena, Calif., since 1993, having previously been provost and senior vice president.
   A philosopher, scholar and author, he joined the faculty as professor of Christian philosophy and ethics in 1985. Before coming to Fuller he served for 17 years as professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. He has also served as a visiting professor at the Free University in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
   He has been an editor of the Reformed Journal and has served on many editorial boards, including currently Books and Culture and Laity Exchange. He is the author of 15 books, including "Consulting the Faithful," "The Smell of Sawdust: What Evangelicals Can Learn from Their Fundamentalist Heritage," and most recently, "Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport." He is a regular columnist on Beliefnet, a Web magazine. He serves on advisory boards for Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, the International Justice Mission, and the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy.
   The Abraham Kuyper Prize is awarded each year through the gift of Dr. Rimmer and Mrs. Ruth de Vries to a scholar or community leader who has contributed to the further development of Reformed theology, particularly as it bears on matters of public life, historical or contemporary, in one or several of the spheres of society.
   A public reception will immediately follow the lecture in the Private Dining Room of the Mackay Campus Center. For more information regarding the Kuyper Prize and Lecture, contact the Communications/Publications Office at 609.497.7760, or visit www.ptsem.edu.
   In connection with the Kuyper Prize and Lecture event, the seminary’s Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology will hold a consultation "Neo-Calvinism, Pluralism, and Civil Society" 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 30 in the auditorium of the Mackay Campus Center. Presentations will be offered by Jonathan Chaplin of Cambridge University, George Harinck of Vrije Universiteit, Ronald J. Sider of Evangelicals for Social Action, Max L. Stackhouse of the seminary, Gideon Strauss of Christian Labour Association of Canada, Henk E.S. Woldring of Vrije Universiteit, and Albert M. Wolters of Redeemer University College. For more information, contact Clifford Anderson at (609) 497-3642.
   The Manna Fellowship at Princeton University is sponsoring an event titled "Faith beyond Sunday" on March 31. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/manna.