George Fox, Willamette professors debate ‘Did America have a Christian founding?’
George Fox and Willamette University are co-hosting a two-night debate on the topic “Did America Have a Christian Founding†on successive Thursday evenings in September. Both events are free.
The debate will feature Mark David Hall, the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics at George Fox, and Steven K. Green, a professor in Willamette University’s School of Law. They are among the nation’s leading experts on the relationship between church and state in America.
The opening debate is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in Hoover 105. The second session is set from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Room 121 of Willamette’s School of Law, 245 Winter St., in Salem, Ore. A question-and-answer time will follow the discussions both evenings.
The series is sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and cosponsored by the William Penn Honors Program of George Fox and Willamette’s Center for Religion, Law & Democracy.
Questions? Contact Hall at ext. 2674.