Sanneh challenged the idea that Christianity was merely a tool of colonialism.
Chehadeh leads the largest local NGO in Syria, serving 2.5 million people a year.
The search committee chair praised Pittman’s “vision for the future of theological education.”
Richard J. Perry Jr., a professor emeritus at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, called Echols “a giant in the world of theological education.”
Moore and Lucado were featured speakers at a conference at Wheaton College on sexual abuse and the church.
The Berggruen Institute called her “one of the world’s leading public philosophers.”
Jones received the honor for his book The End of White Christian America.
Jobe comes to the school a year after all three top leaders resigned amid tensions around the school’s theological standards, finances, and treatment of students of color.
Religious leaders have called for peace. Some wish they were calling for a new vote.
Globally, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community includes 10 to 20 million people with a message of “love for all, hatred for none.”