Rest in Peace, Ogbu Kalu and Father Neuhaus

The world lost two of its great Christian scholars this week. On January 7, Nigerian Pentecostal scholar Dr. Ogbu Kalu (one of whose books I have reviewed on this blog) passed away suddenly "from complications from pneumonia." Kalu was the leading expert on Pentecostalism in Africa. January 8 saw the passing of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, a Lutheran-turned-Catholic priest, civil rights advocate, pro-life crusader, and wonderful theologian and writer. Neuhaus bequeathed to the world the literary journal First Things, one of the most widely-read academic Christian publications in print today. Both of these men died too young, Kalu at 66 and Neuhaus at 72, but lived full and meaningful lives in the years they had. May they rest in peace.