Effective September 1, 2018, Dr. Gideon Strauss
will assume the role of ICS Academic Dean, replacing Dr. Robert Sweetman, who served
ICS ably and faithfully in this role for the past three years. Happy to have served
ICS' academic administrative needs in this way, Bob is now also happy to bequeath
this responsibility to Gideon, so that he can focus more intently on
several research projects he has in development, including a book-length
manuscript on Thomas Aquinas.
For, his part, Gideon is looking forward to serving ICS in this important leadership role, saying: “I am
grateful for this opportunity to serve my colleagues at the Institute for
Christian Studies, as together we seek to nourish the love of God, of wisdom,
and of the craft of scholarship.”
To ensure a smooth transition, Bob will serve as Chair of ICS’ Academic
Council for one more year, thus allowing ICS to
maintain uninterrupted development of existing and new academic programs while Gideon gets up to speed on these files and forges relationships with our academic partners at The Toronto School of Theology, Knox College, and The King's University in Edmonton.
The ICS community expresses its gratitude and appreciation to Bob for his years of effective and selfless service in this role, and welcomes Gideon to ICS' Leadership Team. We are looking forward to the contributions that Gideon will make at this fecund moment in the life of ICS.
