Honoring Willard Book Awardees
Michael Stewart Robb, who won the Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Research Center鈥檚 Book Award in 2023, will receive the honor and speak in chapel Friday, Sept. 6, at 10:30 a.m. in Murchison Gym. He will discuss key themes from his award-winning book in a Provost鈥檚 Lecture, 鈥淒allas Willard and Rational Spirituality: Claiming the Depth and Power of Protestant Spiritual Life,鈥 on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 3:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall. Robb will sell and sign copies of his book, 鈥淭he Kingdom Among Us: The Gospel According to Dallas Willard,鈥 following the lecture. Both events are free and open to the public.
A Christian educator, theologian and founding director of Sanctus: a European Institute for Theology and Spiritual Formation, Robb had to cancel his talk in early February because a large storm triggered evacuation alerts and school closures in Santa Barbara County.
Brandon Rickabaugh and J.P. Moreland have won the 2024 Willard book award for 鈥淭he Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism.鈥 They will both come to campus for the award and will speak about the book Wednesday, Jan. 15.