Indonesian entrepreneur donates $5 million to divinity school for global Christianity studies
Tandean Rustandy, a business graduate of the University of Chicago, is funding scholarship at the Divinity School to broaden how Christianity is taught.
Tandean Rustandy, an Indonesian Christian entrepreneur, gave $5 million to the Divinity School at the University of Chicago to endow a chair in global Christianity.
A goal for the position is to make the experiences of Asian, African, and South American Christians more fully part of how Christianity is taught and studied, according to the university.
“As a Christian in a majority Muslim nation, it is of vital importance to me that I fund this critical work,” Rustandy said. “In many religions, we are called to be stewards of this world, to serve not just those of the same religion, but to serve all people. The need for religious diversity and understanding is key to world harmony.”
