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What is going on at Calvin University?

John Fea   |  November 2, 2022

Here is Yonat Shimron at Religion News Service: Calvin University’s board of trustees has allowed a group of faculty members to dissent from a clause in a confession of faith that regards sex outside of heterosexual marriage as sinful, thus...

What is going on at Seattle Pacific University?

John Fea   |  June 17, 2022

Back in May, Seattle Pacific students held a sit-in. Here is Alejandra Molina on June 3 at Religion News Service: For nearly two weeks, students from Seattle Pacific University, a Christian school associated with the Free Methodist Church, have staged...

Calvin University faculty are “polishing their CVs” after the Christian Reformed Church codified its opposition to homosexual sex

John Fea   |  June 16, 2022

The “polishing their CVs” quote comes from Calvin historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez. Here is a taste of Yonat Shimron’s piece at Religion News Service: The Christian Reformed Church, a small evangelical denomination of U.S. and Canadian churches, voted Wednesday...

Wiebe Boer will be the new president of Calvin University. He is a historian.

John Fea   |  March 28, 2022

What can you do with a history major? Become the CEO of a renewal energy investment company in Nigeria and be the 11th president of Calvin University. Boer has a Ph.D in history from Yale where he studied West African...

Does Trump have any support at evangelical colleges?

John Fea   |  October 17, 2020

I haven’t much time to chat with my colleagues about politics this semester. I mostly go to campus to teach my classes and then return home for meetings and office hours via ZOOM. So I honestly don’t know if any...

Coronavirus Diary: May 22, 2020

John Fea   |  May 23, 2020

When I published my last diary entry on May 16, 2020, my Pennsylvania county had 515 coronavirus cases and 48 deaths. Six days later we have 584 cases and 46 deaths (yes, this is two less than the last post....

The Pot-Smoking Dutch Calvinists Who Stopped “worshipping the Ph.D.” and Gave Their Students “guerrilla credentials.”

John Fea   |  May 20, 2020

I don’t pretend to know much about Dutch Calvinism in America or the differences between Abraham Kuyper and Herman Dooyeweerd. (There are good books on the subject, I would start with the work of James D. Bratt). But I know...

Calvin University Loosens Religious Requirements for Faculty

John Fea   |  May 9, 2020

Both of my daughters attend Calvin University. The university recruited my oldest daughter to play for its national-championship caliber NCAA Division III volleyball program, but ultimately her decision was based on Calvin’s reputation for Christian learning. She will graduate in...

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