Gideon Strauss Appointed CPJ President (May 12, 2009)

The trustees of the Center for Public Justice today announced the appointment of Dr. Gideon Strauss as the Center’s new president, beginning October 1, 2009. 

Dr. James Skillen, who has served the Center since 1981, will continue as senior fellow, turning his attention to writing, mentoring, and some speaking. Learn more >> 

President Jim Skillen is the editor of Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization: Critical Assessment at a Time of Growing Turmoil. Taking a long view of the kaleidoscopic changes reshaping the globe, this new book sheds light on factors involved in the international economic crisis. More >>

A chapter by president Jim Skillen titled "Reformed and Always Reforming…?" is included in a new book edited by Sandra F. Joireman, Church, State and Citizen: Christian Approaches to Political Engagement (Oxford University Press).

U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Michael W. McConnell, who received the Center's Leadership Award on April 30, will leave the bench to become a professor at Stanford University's school of law. He has also been appointed the director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.

"Calvin, Calvinism, and Politics" (04.09.09) is the topic of our latest issue of Root & Branch, a publication on the religion and society debate. Read the essay>>