“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 three book panel discussions.
When | October 17th and 18th
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 17th and 18th
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
9:00 a.m. “African Presbyterian Sung Praise: Recognizing and Analyzing Case Studies in American
Presbyterian Influences”
Mrs. Nancy Whytock, Projects Administrator, Haddington House Trust, Prince Edward Island, Canada
10:00 a.m. “Christianity and Liberalism: A Centennial Review”
Dr. Richard Burnett, Executive Director, Theology Matters, Director of the M.A. program in Reformed Theology, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, E.J. Rice Professor of Theology, Institute for Theological Education
11:00 a.m. “Science and Religion, Chicago Style: The Protestant Modernist Encounter with Science”
Dr. Ted Davis, Distinguished Professor of the History of Science Emeritus, Messiah University
12:00 Lunch
1:00 p.m. “The Rise and Fall of Christian Apologetics Classes at Princeton Theological Seminary
and Wheaton College: A Comparative History”
Dr. Daniel K. Williams, Professor of History, University of West Georgia
2:00 p.m. Panel on William Harrison Taylor’s Unity in Christ and Country: American Presbyterians in the Revolutionary Era, 1758-1801
Dr. Darryl G. Hart, Associate Professor of History, Hillsdale College
Dr. Amber Thomas Reynolds, Guest Assistant Professor of History, Wheaton College
Dr. Justin McLendon, Professor of Theology, Grand Canyon University
Dr. William Harrison Taylor, Professor of History, Alabama State University
3:45 p.m. Panel–100th Anniversary of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism
Dr. Camden Bucey, Executive Director, Reformed Forum
Dr. Tim Larsen, McMannis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College
Dr. John Wiers, Retired instructor, Kirkwood Community College (Iowa)
Dr. Bradley Longfield, Professor of Church History, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Dr. Darryl Hart, Associate Professor of History, Hillsdale College
6:00 p.m. Dinner and Fellowship time
7:15 p.m. Panel on Paul Gutacker’s The Old Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past
Dr. Mark Noll, McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Daniel K Williams, Professor of History, University of West Georgia
Mr. Isaac Tuttle, Ph.D student in history, Baylor University
Rev. Doug Douma, Pastor, Unionville Presbyterian Church (NY)
Dr. Paul Gutacker, Lecturer in History, Baylor University
Wednesday, October 18th
8:00 a.m. “E. Harris Harbison: Princeton Historian and the Dilemma of Christian Scholarship”
Dr. Jeffrey S. McDonald, Executive Director, Presbyterian Scholars Conference
9:00 a.m. “American Presbyterians and the Rending of Mother Kirk: U.S. Presbyterian Sympathies
During the Church of Scotland’s Ten Years Conflict and the Disruption of 1843”
Mr. Isaac Tuttle, Ph.D. Student, Baylor University
10:00 a.m. “Toward a Cultural History of Jeremiah 29:11 in Modern Evangelicalism”
Dr. Amber Thomas Reynolds, Guest Assistant Professor of History, Wheaton College
11:00 a.m. “The Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni who served in Africa c.1830 to c.1930:
Reviews and Reflections.”
Dr. Jack Whytock, Director, Haddington House Trust, Prince Edward Island, Canada
12:00 Lunch
1:00 p.m. “Finding Meeker’s Meeting House”
Rev. Doug Douma, Pastor, Unionville Presbyterian Church (NY)
2:00 p.m. “Commanding the Field: The Launch of the Presbyterian and Reformed Review”
Dr. Bradley J. Gundlach, Distinguished Professor of History, Trinity International University
3:00 p.m. “Natural Theology in the Synod of N.Y. and Philadelphia in the Revolutionary Era”
Dr. William Harrison Taylor, Professor of History, Alabama State University
4:00 p.m. “Edward D. Morris: Evangelical Calvinist and the Challenge of Theological Boundaries”
Dr. John Wiers, Retired instructor, Kirkwood Community College (Iowa)
5:00 p.m. “Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, and the Prospects of American Reformed Theology (1888-1892)”
Dr. Justin McLendon, Professor of Theology, Grand Canyon University
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