2008-2009 course offerings

Archives

 

MELISSA KIRKPATRICK
Certified Christian Educator in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); M.A. (in history), The American University; M.T.S., Wesley Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (in history), The American University; Co-Chair, Worship & Theology Committee, National Capital Presbytery; Elder, Georgetown Presbyterian Church

Sunday morning adult education classes:
Available for occasional presentations

Retreats:

• “To Set Down an Orderly Account”: Christian History and the Church Today
• Tip-Toe Through the T.U.L.I.P.: A Quick Look at the History of Reformed Theology
• Baptize and Teach: The Reformed Tradition and Educational Ministry

Individual lectures or courses at times other than Sunday morning:

• “The Eyes of All People Are Upon Us”: the Puritan Heritage in America (introduction to major ideas in Puritanism)
• The Great Awakening (introduction to revivalism in America)
• The Social Gospel (the rise of liberalism)
• Fundamentalism and Challenges to Modernity (with particular emphasis on the conflict within Presbyterianism)
• Divide and Multiply: Presbyterian/Reformed Denominations in America
• Churches and War (involvement and influence of Presbyterian and Reformed churches in major American conflicts)
  

Contact information:

mbkirkpatrick@alumni.southwestern.edu
703.909.0470 (cell)