Meindert De Jong’s Classic Tale

My alma mater, Calvin University (“College” when I was there), celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. For most of its history, this little school founded by Dutch Calvinists punched far above its weight class intellectually. Many people know it for the scholars it has produced: distinguished historians such as Harry Stout and John Van Engen; theologians such as Lewis Smedes, Cornelius Plantinga, James Vanderkam, and Cornelius Van Til; and, above all, philosophers including Willam Frankena, Peter Kreeft, Alvin Plantinga, Calvin Seerveld, and Nicholas Wolterstorff.