March 20, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY
Full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/koldenhoven.htm
Calvin College will host Dean Koldenhoven on March 31 for the 12th annual Paul B. Henry Lecture.
A former mayor of Palos Heights, Ill., and a 2002 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, Koldenhoven will speak on "Religious Tolerance, Love your Neighbor" at 7:30 p.m. at the Prince Conference Center.
Koldenhoven made national news in May 2000 when he supported the sale of a vacant Christian church to the Al Salam Mosque Foundation. When his city council failed to stop the sale it offered the Foundation a $200,000 buy-out which Koldenhoven then vetoed, calling it an embarrassment and an insult to the Muslim community.
Ultimately the Foundation decided against moving to Palos Heights, and the town voted against purchasing the property, but Koldenhoven lost a subsequent bid for re-election, a loss many believed was directly due to the controversy.
The annual Henry Lecture is sponsored by the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics which was created in 1997 to continue the work of integrating Christian faith and politics advanced by its namesake: educator and public servant Paul B. Henry. Henry taught political science at Calvin College from 1970 to 1978, then served in the Michigan State House and State Senate and finally in the U.S. House of Representatives from November 1984 until his untimely death in July 1993.
Other upcoming Henry Institute events include an April 21 address by syndicated columnist and author Cal Thomas and an April 24-26 Symposium on Religion and Politics.
Contact Henry Institute director Corwin Smidt at 616-526-6233
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