Adult Sunday School on Modern Christian Thought Resumes on September 11

Because of the pandemic, we haven't had Sunday School for almost 2 1/2 years. But as things seem to be improving, we've decided to resume Adult Sunday School on September 11th, at 9:45 a.m.

We're going to be studying Modern Christian Thought, the class that Derek taught at the University of Louisville last semester.

Note: You don't have to have any knowledge of the subject to participate in the class (though many of the things we'll discuss will be familiar to many people).

Note 2: You don't need to sign up for the class. Just show up, and we'll take it from there.

Note 3: Everyone's welcome! You don't need to be a member of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church to participate.

Here's a blurb from the syllabus:

The focus of study will be on the development of Christianity from the Pre-Reformation through the rise of Evangelicalism in the U.S. Exploration of the ways that Christianity has responded to and/or helped shape modernity will give the student a more complete understanding of some of the reasons for the emergence of certain social, economic, and political themes that have led to Christianity’s significant impact on Western culture.

The background texts (not required for this class, but helpful if you're into that kind of nerdy thing) are:

Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity: The Reformation to the Present Day, Harper One, 2010. Stephen Prothero, American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2003. Randal Balmer, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right, Eerdmans, 2021.