Dr. John Peale, a retired Longwood faculty member who is a longtime Sinophile, will speak Tuesday, March 18

Dr. John Peale, a retired Longwood faculty member who is a longtime Sinophile, will speak Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Stallard Board Room (Lancaster 102) on "The Love of God in China." (This event was originally scheduled for February but had to be postponed.) The title is from his book of the same name, published in 2005, about Christianity in China. Dr. Peale has visited China nine times, most recently in the fall of 2006, and taught in 1990-91 at the College of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, which he called "the top place for training Chinese diplomats," and at Jianghan University in Wuhan in 1988. Dr. Peale, professor emeritus of philosophy, retired in 1999 after teaching at Longwood for 23 years. A booksigning and reception in Lancaster Gallery will follow Dr. Peale's talk.