Dr. Glen Stassen, who is the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, will present 亚洲色吧淎 Thicker Jesus is the Basis for Just Peace Making亚洲色吧� on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall through the A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at Hope College.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
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Stassen holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Union Theological Seminary and Duke University, and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Heidelberg.
The A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series began in 1985 to commemorate the life and work of A.J. Muste, an alumnus of Hope College (1905) who became a tireless activist for the causes of peace and justice.
Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson, Muste亚洲色吧檚 biographer, presented the inaugural lecture. Subsequent lectures have been given by theologians, peace activists, labor organizers and prison reformers.
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.