SCRIPTURE AND STATECRAFT: Tradition and Innovation in Reformed Protestant Political Thought

Sundays, November 2, 9 and 16, 9:30-10:30 AM, Elliot House Heritage Hall
Facilitator: Bruce Douglass

This set of talks is designed to provide a progress report on a book project that is now moving toward completion. The subject is Reformed Protestant political thought from the Reformation era to the present. The focus is on the lives, times and ideas of ten figures who made significant contributions to the development of this tradition.

The author is a retired academic who taught political theory for many years in the Department of Government of Georgetown University. He is also a Presbyterian lay person who for a number of years was the director of the Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington, and he is still a member of the Institute’s Company of Teachers.

November 2 – the purpose and design of the book

November 9 – an overview: the fundamentals of Reformed political thought

November 16 – the evolution: key turning points