The Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, under director Jim Bratt (left), has announced almost $200,000 worth of research grants for the 2000-2001 academic year. 
The grants and brief project descriptions follow:
Kevin Corcoran (Philosophy) has been awarded $18,072 to conduct a "Workshop on Human Nature and Human Freedom" at Calvin. This is the second of a three-stage project being conducted by a six-member team, co-funded by the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities and the University of Notre Dame. 
Fred DeJong and Beryl Hugen (Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice) have been given $14,250 to conduct a study, "Coming Full Circle: Devolution of State Delivery of Human Services to Faith-Based Human Service Organizations." This project, too, received complementary support from the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities. 
Susan Felch (English) and Barbara Omolade (Sociology, City University of New York) have been granted $800 to plan a consultation on African American Christian scholarship to be held at Calvin in the summer of 2001. 
John Hare (Philosophy) has been granted $21,317 to write a book dealing with morality and creation in consultation with Robert Roberts (Philosophy, Wheaton College) and Linda Zagzebski (Philosophy, University of Oklahoma). 
Roland Hoksbergen (Economics and Business) and Lowell Ewert (Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel College) have been granted $42,138 to hold a conference and produce a book on the topic, "Christian Faith and Third World Development: NGOs and the Promotion of Civil Society." 
Douglas Koopman (Political Science) has been granted $5,700 to edit a group of essays for a book, "Serving the Cause of Justice: The Political Writings of Paul B. Henry." 
Karin Maag (History) and John Witvliet (Music) have been awarded $27,269 to hold a conference and produce a book on "Change and Continuity in Medieval and Early Modern Worship." 
William Romanowski (CAS) has been awarded project costs of $3,450 for a book on "Protestants and the American Cinema." 
Stephanie Sandberg (CAS) has been awarded $3,620 to begin a project on "Bearing Witness: Having Faith in the Theatre." 
Corwin Smidt and James Penning (Political Science) have been awarded a grant of $16,000 toward a study, "Divided by a Common Heritage: An Analysis of the Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America at the Turn of the Century." 
Elizabeth VanderLei (English) and Keith D. Miller (English, Arizona State University) have been awarded $22,598 to collaborate on a book, "Free at Last: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' as Legacy."