Kristen Deede Johnson

Kristen Deede Johnson is Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and G.W. and Edna Haworth Professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. In partnership with International Justice Mission, she and co-author Bethany Hanke Hoang wrote the award-winning The Justice Calling: Where Passion Meets Perseverance (Brazos Press, 2016).  Kristen’s scholarship focuses on theology, culture, formation, and political theory and her other publications include Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference (Cambridge University Press, 2007).  She is married with two children. 

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Is the Church Coping Well with Pluralism?

In this episode, Darrell Bock, Vincent Bacote, Danny Carroll Rodas, and Kristen Deede Johnson discuss how…
May 6, 2025

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