Author

Richard J. Mouw

Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Richard J. Mouw is president emeritus and professor of faith and public life Fuller Theological Seminary, where he served as president from 1993–2013. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. Mouw is the author of 17 books, including “Consulting the Faithful,” “The Smell of Sawdust: What Evangelicals Can Learn from Their Fundamentalist Heritage,” “He Shines in All That’s Fair: Culture and Common Grace,” “Wonderful Words of Life,” “Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport,” and “Praying at Burger King.” He is a columnist for Beliefnet and a panelist for the Washington Post online forum “On Faith.”

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Richard J. Mouw: Pentecostalism, liberation theology and biblical leadership

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Image link to article: Richard J. Mouw: Leadership and bearing pain

Richard J. Mouw: Leadership and bearing pain

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Image link to article: Richard J. Mouw: Metaphors matter

Richard J. Mouw: Metaphors matter

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

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Richard J. Mouw: Machiavelli and Christian leadership

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

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Richard J. Mouw: Put on the attire of leadership

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

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Richard J. Mouw: Leadership -- it's not only for administrators

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Engaging both high and low culture

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Do we have to choose between highbrow and lowbrow when promoting the life and mission of the church?

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Richard J. Mouw: Congregants long for pastors to understand their work lives

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Richard J. Mouw: Varieties of leaderships?

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

What is constant about leadership no matter the context? And what is context-specific?

Richard J. Mouw: The theological significance of grits

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Like the grits at Waffle House, grace comes whether you ask for it or not.

Richard J. Mouw: Don't panic. Improvise.

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

Before telling people what to do, ask how they understand their position on the team.

Richard J. Mouw: What difference does it make to open class with prayer?

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

The non-praying academy depends on the praying one for the virtues that make the intellectual life possible.

Richard Mouw: Civility declines when we stop eating together

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

When I witness the TV talking heads shouting at each other, I wonder what their mealtimes were like when they were young.

Richard J. Mouw: What makes for an "indigenous" hymn?

By Richard J. Mouw Professor and former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

American visitors to churches in China can be surprised to hear them singing “our” hymns. Until we realize they aren’t “ours.” They have become “theirs.”