The Stob Lectures • A History

Beginning in 1999, the Stob Lectures are published in partnership with Eerdmans Publishing Company in Grand Rapids. These titles are available from the Calvin College Campus Store (bookstore@calvin.edu; 1-800-748-0122):
   
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Testimonies: The Stories of the Christian Life
 Alan Jacobs, Wheaton
November 7-8, 2006

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God and the Art of Happiness
Ellen T. Charry, Princeton Theological Seminary
November 1-2, 2005

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Christian Apologetics
 William Lane Craig, Talbot School of Theology
November 9-10, 2004

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Quick with Hospitality, Fruitful for the Kingdom: Family and Gender Relations in the 21st Century Church
 Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Eastern University
November 4-5, 2003

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The End of Memory by Miroslav Volf

Love's Memory
 Miroslav Volf, Yale University
October 1-3, 2002

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Common Objects of Love

Common Objects of Love: Moral Reflection and the Shaping of Community

Oliver O'Donovan, Oxford University
November 6-8, 2001

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He Shines in All That's Fair

He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common Grace

Richard Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary
2000

God's Call: Moral Realism, God's Commands, & Human Autonomy

John Hare, Calvin College
1999

Seeking Understanding

Seeking Understanding

This omnibus volume collects under one cover all of the Stob Lectures from Lewis Smedes' inaugural talks in 1986 to Eleonore Stump's lectures in 1998 (see below for individual lectures).
 
The booklets below are available for $4.00 prepaid (which includes postage and handling) by writing: Stob Lectures, Alumni and Public Relations Office, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546.
1998 The Problem of Evil
Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University
1997 Sin or Sickness: The Problem of Human Dysfunction
J. Harold Ellens, Journal of Psychology and Christianity
* No longer available as a booklet
1996 The Soul of the Christian University
Arthur F. Holmes, Wheaton College
1995 The Ghost in the Ivory Tower: Can a Philosopher Find Happiness in a Haunted House?
George I. Mavrodes, University of Michigan
1994 Conflict: Its Resolution and the Completion of Creation
The Honorable John Feikens, United States District Court Judge

1993

 Happiness: Goal or Gift? Two Lectures on the Relationship Between Knowledge, Goodness, and Happiness in Plato and Calvin
Dewey J. Hoitenga, Jr., Grand Valley State University
1992 What New Haven and Grand Rapids Have to Say to Each Other
Nicholas P. Wolterstorff, Yale University
1991 The Practices of Piety and the Practice of Medicine: Prayer, Scripture, and Medical Ethics
Allen D. Verhey, Hope College
1990 Denominations Near Century's End
Martin E. Marry, University of Chicago

1989

 The Twin Pillars of Christian Scholarship
Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
1988

Two Arguments from the Heart for Immortality
Peter Kreeft, Boston College
1987 Varieties of Moral Discourse
James M. Gustafson, University of Chicago
1986 Making and Keeping Commitments in Contemporary Society (full text available online)
Lewis Smedes, Fuller Theological Seminary
 
The views and opinions expressed in the Stob Lectures are those of the author only. The publication of these lectures in no way constitutes an endorsement or approval of the lecture content by Calvin College or Calvin Theological Seminary.