After Christendom:
Christians and Politics in a Fractured World

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October 28 and 29

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FRIDAY NIGHT

7:00-8:30pm
Session I: “Theocracy or Liberalism: The Two Main Options for Christians?”Question and Answer

SATURDAY MORNING

9:00-9:50am
Session II: “A Biblical Theology of Civil Government”

9:50-10:30am
Refreshments in the Fellowship Room

10:30-11:45am
Session III: “Responsible Citizens, Patient Sojourners”
Question and Answer

CONFERENCE SPEAKER 

Dr. David VanDrunen
Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics 
Westminster Seminary California

Dr. VanDrunen, a minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, began teaching at Westminster Seminary California in 2001. He formerly served as a pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Hanover Park, IL, and currently serves on the Orthodox Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Christian Education and Subcommittee on Ministerial Training. He does much of his current research and writing at the intersection of systematic theology, biblical studies, ethics, and legal and political theory. He was the recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award for 2004, a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in 2009, and a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 2016-17.

Dr. VanDrunen is the author or editor of twelve books, most recently Politics after Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World (Zondervan, 2020), named Book of the Year (2021) in Politics and Public Life by Christianity Today. His scholarly articles have appeared in many journals, including Journal of Reformed Theology, Journal of Law and Religion, and Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Dr. VanDrunen and his wife, Katherine, a WSC alumna, have one son and reside in Escondido.

Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29