Oregon Christian College Hosts Political Science Symposium on America's Founding

Daniel Dreisbach, a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, will address questions “Did America have a Christian founding” and “Did the founders want separation of church and state?” on Aug. 13

Newberg, OR (Vocus) August 5, 2010

Two questions concerning early America – “Did America have a Christian founding?” and “Did the founders want separation of church and state?” – will be addressed at a summer symposium hosted on the campus of George Fox University on Friday, Aug. 13.

Daniel L. Dreisbach, a professor in the Department of Law, Justice and Society at American University in Washington, D.C., will present a lecture, “Thomas Jefferson and the ‘Wall of Separation’ Between Church and State,” from 6 to 7 p.m. in Room 105 of the university’s Hoover Academic Building. There is no charge to attend.

The lecture is co-sponsored by George Fox’s Department of History and Political Science and Veritas School of Newberg.

Prior to the lecture, a barbecue and book-signing session are scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the university’s academic quad. The cost for the barbecue is $13 per person.

Joining Dreisbach at the book signing will be Mark David Hall, the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Political Science at George Fox and a frequent collaborator with Dreisbach. The two coauthored “The Sacred Rights of Conscience” and teamed with Jeffry H. Morrison to write “The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life” and “The Founders on God and Government.” Copies of the books will be available for sale at the signing session.

Dreisbach has authored or edited seven books, including “Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State,” cited as one of Marvin Olasky’s “Top 100 Treadmill Books.” In all, he has published more than 60 book chapters, reviews and articles, and in 2008 American University honored him with its highest faculty award, “Scholar/Teacher of the Year.”

He received a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and juris doctor degree from University of Virginia.

Hall has written or edited eight books and numerous articles and book reviews on religious and church-state relations in America. A professor in the university’s political science major, he holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Wheaton College and a PhD in government from the University of Virginia.

Registration and more information are available at veritasschool.net. Seating is limited, so those interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible.

George Fox University is ranked by Forbes as one of the top 100 colleges in the country and highest among Christian colleges. George Fox is the only Christian university in the Pacific Northwest classified by U.S. News & World Report as a national university. More than 3,300 students attend classes on the university’s campus in Newberg, Ore., and at teaching centers in Portland, Salem, and Redmond, Ore., and Boise, Idaho. George Fox offers bachelor’s degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, five seminary degrees, and 10 master’s and doctoral degrees.

Contact:
Mark David Hall
Department of History and Political Science
503-554-2674

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