Richard J. Mouw has served as president of Fuller Theological Seminary since 1993, after having served the seminary for four years as provost and senior vice president. A philosopher, scholar, and author, Mouw joined the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary as professor of Christian philosophy and ethics in 1985. Before coming to Fuller he served for 17 years as professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has also served as a visiting professor at the Free University in Amsterdam.

A graduate of Houghton College, Mouw studied at Western Theological Seminary and earned a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Alberta. His PhD in philosophy is from the University of Chicago.

Mouw has a broad record of publication. He has been an editor of the Reformed Journal and has served on many editorial boards, including currently Books and Culture. He is the author of 17 books, including The God Who Commands, The Smell of Sawdust, He Shines in All That’s Fair: Culture and Common Grace, Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport, and most recently, Praying at Burger King. Mouw serves as a panelist in the online forum “On Faith” offered by Newsweek and the Washington Post. In 2007 Princeton Theological Seminary awarded Mouw the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.

Mouw has also participated on many councils and boards, including the Association of Theological Schools (which he currently serves as vice president), and the Council on Civil Society. He is active in ecumenical and interfaith activities, and presently represents the Presbyterian Church (USA) as co-chair of the official Reformed-Catholic Dialogue.

Mouw’s wife, Phyllis, is an art historian who is involved in seminary and community programs. Their son Dirk, daughter-in-law Christine, and grandsons, Willem and Peter, live in Arkansas.