Cornelius "Neal" Plantinga Jr. (born 14 February 1946 in

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) is an

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. He most notably served as president of

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from 2002 through 2011.Religion briefs

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. Plantinga received an AB degree from Calvin College in 1967, a BD degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1971, and a PhD degree from

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in 1982.Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Calvin College. He is the brother of philosopher

Alvin Plantinga Alvin Carl Plantinga (born November 15, 1932) is an American analytic philosopher who works primarily in the fields of philosophy of religion, epistemology (particularly on issues involving epistemic justification), and logic. From 1963 to 198 ...

and musicologist

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. Plantinga has written several books, including ''Not the Way It's Supposed to Be'' (Eerdmans, 1995), the '' Christianity Today'' "Book of the Year" in 1996 and ''Engaging God's World'' (Eerdmans, 2002), a ''Christianity Today'' "Book of the Year" in 2003. He taught systematic theology at Calvin Seminary from 1979 to 1996. He became Dean of the Chapel at Calvin College in 1996 and was President of Calvin Seminary from 2002 to 2011. He is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin University.Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

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1946 births American Calvinist and Reformed theologians Calvin University alumni American people of Dutch descent Living people American members of the Christian Reformed Church in North America Presidents of Calvinist and Reformed seminaries Princeton Theological Seminary alumni 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Jamestown, North Dakota {{US-theologian-stub