OTTAWA — An author and social critic will be this year’s Norwood Jones Convocation speaker March 7-8 at Ottawa University. Dr. Os Guinness was born in China during World War II to medical missionaries who were expelled following the Chinese Communist revolution. He is a senior fellow of the East-West Institute in New York City. He has written and edited more than 25 books; his latest book is “The Case For Civility – And Why Our Future Depends on It.” OU religion professor Richard Menninger said Guinness is a model of how to treat others with civility in the public square. Guinness will speak 7:30 p.m. March 7 on “Can Freedom Last Forever? The Founders’ Forgotten Question, and How we are Doing Today,” at Larry Peters Auditorium in the Administration Building. At 11 a.m. March 8, he’ll speak on “Challenging the Darkness – Toward a New Christian Renaissance,” in the Fredrikson Chapel. To register for the events, check the Web-site www.ottawa.edu/norwoodjones.
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