2008-2009 course offerings

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R. BRUCE DOUGLASS
Director of the Reformed Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University; M.Div., Yale University; Ph.D. (in political science), Duke University; Elder, Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, McLean, VA

Sunday morning adult education classes:

• Reformed Portraits (a seven-installment series, each with 6 separate lectures, designed to tell the story
  of the development of Reformed Christianity from its origins in 16th century Europe to the crisis of mainline Protestantism in late 20th century America by focusing on the lives of key figures)
• Reformed Confessions (an exploration of the historical background to the creeds in the Book of Confessions)
• Reformed Social Ethics: The Foundations (an examination of the ethical
  teaching of the founders of Reformed Christianity on such matters as civil politics, economics, war, education, the arts, science and marriage)
• Always Being Reformed (an examination of the meaning of reform in the Reformed tradition, with case studies on race relations, gender, war, relations with other religions, and the doctrine of election)
• From State Church to Pluralism — the Evolution of Reformed Political
  Thought (3 lectures)

Retreats:

• The New “Iron Cage,” or, the Protestant Ethic in Our Time
• The Reformed Tradition: Why Bother?
  

Individual lectures:

• Jesus and the Good Life
• Reformed Christianity and the Challenge of Post-Modernity
• Reformed Christianity in the Making of the Modern World
• The Re-formation of the Church in Our Time

Contact information:

douglasr@georgetown.edu
202.687.1938 (Georgetown)
703.518.5125 (Reformed Institute)