Regent College is pleased to announce that Bruce Hindmarsh, the James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, has been appointed as the incoming President of the American Society of Church History.
The appointment began on January 1, 2012, and finishes on December 31, 2014, and includes one year as President-Elect and another year as Past-President. Dr. Hindmarsh’s responsibilities include planning the program for the 2013 annual meeting in New Orleans, chairing the council and executive committee, providing the presidential address to the society in 2014, and chairing the nominating committee in his final year.
“This is a great honour for Bruce and for Regent, not least because Bruce is the first non-American to be awarded the post widely seen as the highest academic honour for the discipline in North America,” says Paul Williams, Academic Dean of Regent College.
OK, someone please clarify in what way Dr. Hindmarsh is the first “non-American” president of this scholarly guild. Is it because he’s a Canadian now, and teaches in Vancouver? Or is it because he is (possibly) of English descent? That is, was he actually born and raised in England, as well as going to school at Oxford? Just wondering…
Anyway, good for him. And congratulations to Regent as well. It’s great to see an evangelical so honored.
David Handy+