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No matter where you look in modern culture, Calvin researchers, writers, and performers are there. Our faculty are embedded in professional networks of all sorts. They seek justice and celebrate peace. They work to diagnose and solve problems. And they prepare students for a world in need of what Christian scholars have to offer.

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100+

student researchers hired in the sciences and the humanities each summer
11

centers and institutes engaging global concerns in Christian scholarship
$9.4 million

in research-related external grants and contracts received by Calvin since July 1, 2015

125+

publications resulting from student/faculty research, annually.

Provost Research Initiatives

Citizenship

Citizenship The Faith & Citizenship research initiative is about the formation of citizens. Through the research we develop, we ask the question, "What is a good citizen?" and try to provide meaningful answers in many different contexts.

Health

Health While the United States leads the world in spending on healthcare, actual health outcomes in this country tends to lag behind others. One of the most important strategies in addressing this problem is promoting public health.

Sustainability

Sustainability At Calvin, we want renewing God’s good earth to be a way of life, so we make sustainability a priority—as an educational goal and an institutional value.

Centers & Institutes

Recent publications

The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction by

Worshiping with the Reformers by Karin Maag

Religions in Shakespeare's Writings by David Urban

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

All That God Cares About: Common Grace and Divine Delight by Richard J. Mouw

Glittering Vices, 2nd Edition: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies

Immigration Debates in America by William Katerberg

Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools by David I. Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, Steven C. McMullen

Immigrants, the Bible, and You by Amanda W. Benckhuysen

Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa: Volume One by Joel Carpenter, Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Bridging Theory and Practice in Children's Spirituality: New Directions for Education, Ministry, and Discipleship by Robert Keeley, Mimi Larson

The Glass Church: Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry by Mark T. Mulder

The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction by

Worshiping with the Reformers by Karin Maag

Religions in Shakespeare's Writings by David Urban

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

All That God Cares About: Common Grace and Divine Delight by Richard J. Mouw

Glittering Vices, 2nd Edition: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies

Immigration Debates in America by William Katerberg

Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools by David I. Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, Steven C. McMullen

Immigrants, the Bible, and You by Amanda W. Benckhuysen

Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa: Volume One by Joel Carpenter, Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Bridging Theory and Practice in Children's Spirituality: New Directions for Education, Ministry, and Discipleship by Robert Keeley, Mimi Larson

The Glass Church: Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry by Mark T. Mulder

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