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COMPANY
OF TEACHERS

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
The
following are topics and formats the Company members are prepared to
offer:
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)
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