“The annual Presbyterian Scholars conferences that Jeff McDonald has been organizing offer an excellent opportunity to reflect on the historical and theological significance of this one Christian tradition. Presentation of fresh research, informative discussion of important questions, friendly participation by members of different denominations, and cordial informal fellowship combine to make these meetings a feast for both head and heart.”
– Dr. Mark Noll, Professor of History Emeritus, Wheaton College and University of Notre Dame
Many leading scholars of American religion will offer important analysis of Presbyterian history and theology.
There will be various papers presented and several panel discussions.
When | October 22nd and 23rd
Where | Harbor House on the campus of Wheaton College, IL (this is not a function of Wheaton College)
Email our conference chair, Jeff McDonald (jsmcdonald47@gmail.com) to register. (There is $50 registration fee that covers all meals and can be paid at the door)
Schedule | Presbyterian Scholars Conference | October 22nd and 23rd, 2024
Tuesday
9:00 a.m. Panel Discussion on the “Secularization of Higher Education”
- Dr. Daniel K. Williams, Senior Research Fellow, Ashbrook Center, Ashland University
- Dr. Owen Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
10:00 a.m. “James Montgomery Boice and the Making of a New Evangelical”
- Dr. John Tweeddale, Professor of Theology and VP of Academics, Reformation Bible College (FL)
11:00 a.m. “Francis Grimke, Racism, and the Imago Dei”
- Paul Kemeny, Professor of Religious Studies and Dean, Grove City College
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. “Transatlantic Encounters: Old Princeton and German Universities”
- Dr. Annette Aubert, Lecturer in Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary
2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion of The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism edited by Paul Kemeny and Gary Scott Smith
- Dr. Bradley Longfield, Professor of Church History, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
- Dr. David Bebbington, Professor of History Emeritus, University of Stirling, Scotland
- Dr. Jack Whytock, Executive Director, Haddington House Trust, PEI, Canada
- Dr. John Weirs, Retired professor, Kirkwood Community College
- Dr. Paul Kemeny, Professor of Religious Studies and Dean, Grove City College
- Dr. Gary Scott Smith, Professor of History Emeritus, Grove City College
3:45 p.m. “The Christian Nationalism of Nineteenth Century Presbyterians”
- Dr. Darryl Hart, Associate Professor of History, Hillsdale College
4:45 p.m. “Charles Hodge and Natural Theology”
- Dr. Owen Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
5:45 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion of Richard Burnett’s Machen’s Hope: The Transformation of a Modernist in the New Princeton
- Dr. Mark Noll, McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
- Dr. Camden Bucey, President of the Reformed Forum, Historian of the OPC
- Dr. Robert Cara, Professor of New Testament and VP of AA, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC
- Dr. Darryl G Hart, Associate Professor of History, Hillsdale College
- Dr. George M. Marsden, McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame (via ZOOM)
- Dr. Richard Burnett, Executive Director, Theology Matters, and Director of the M.A. program in Reformed Theology, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Wednesday
8:00 a.m. “Xenia Seminary and the Challenge of Evangelical Scholarship”
- Dr. Jeff McDonald, Executive Director, Presbyterian Scholars Conference
9:00 a.m. “The Creative and Confessional Scholarship of Meredith G. Kline”
- Mr. John Muether, Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando
10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion of Ted Davis’s Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion in the Scopes Era
- Dr. Brad Gundlach, Distinguished Professor of History, Trinity International University
- Dr. James Ungureanu, Bible Teacher, Stony Brook School, NY
- Dr. Tom Miller, Professor of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Dr. Ted Davis, Distinguished Professor of the History of Science Emeritus, Messiah University
11:30 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. “The Curse of Modern Life: Abraham Kuyper’s Critique of Modernity and Calls for Restoring an Ancient Sacramental Ecology”
- Dr. James Ungureanu, Bible Teacher, Stony Brook School, NY
1:30 p.m. Presentation on A Survey of Presbyterian Missions History in Africa
- Dr. Jack Whytock and Mrs. Nancy Whytock, Haddington House Trust, PEI, Canada
2:30 p.m. “A Theological Seminary of the First Class in the West”: Choosing Presbyterian Seminary Locations, Undue Influence, & Manifest Destiny”
- Dr. Barry Waugh, Editor, Presbyterians of the Past
3:30 p.m. “Resisting Secularization, Reclaiming Its Historic Mission, and Integrating Faith and Learning at Grove City College”
- Dr. Gary Scott Smith, Professor of History Emeritus, Grove City College
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