Suzanne McDonald, Assistant Professor, Religion
616-526-6612
sm33@calvin.edu
Hekman Library 379
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Educational Background
University of Western Australia, BA (Hons), English Literature & French (1993)
University of Oxford, MPhil, English Literature (1996)
University of Cambridge, MA, Theology, 2003
University of St Andrews, PhD, dissertation on the doctrine of election (2006)
Courses
- Christian Theology (131)
- History of Christian Theology II (244)
- Studies in Reformation Theology: Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (343)
- Exploring Election (Interim)
Research Interests
- systematic and historical theology, particularly the Reformed tradition from the 16th and 17th centuries
- contemporary currents in biblical theology / the theological interpretation of scripture and how it can enrich the way we do Reformed theology today
Professional Associations
- book reviews editor for the International Journal of Systematic Theology since 2008
- member of the American Academy of Religion; steering committee member for the AAR Reformed Theology and History Group
Recent Publications
"Barth's 'Other' Doctrine of Election in the Church Dogmatics," International Journal of Systematic Theology, Vol 9:2 (2007): 134-147
"The Pneumatology of the 'Lost' Image in John Owen," Westminster Theological Journal, 71, no. 2, (Fall 2009): 323-35
Re-Imaging Election: Divine Election as Respresenting God to Others and Others to God, (Eerdmans, 2010)
"Calvin's Theology of Election and its Reception: Modern Reception and Contemporary Possibilities," in J. Todd Billings and I. John Hesselink, eds, Calvin's Theology and Its Reception: Disputes, Developments and New Possibilities (Westminister John Knox Press, forthcoming, 2011)
"Evangelical questioning of election in Barth: a pneumatological perspective from the Reformed heritage," in Clifford Anderson & Bruce McCormack, eds, Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism: Friends or Foes? (Eerdmans, forthcoming).
"Beholding the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ: John Owen and the 'reforming' of the beatific Vision," in Kelly Kapic & Mark Jones, eds, John Owen Today (Ashgate, forthcoming).
Hobbies
Music, birdwatching, trying to find time to read something other than theology—novels and poetry top the list when I do!
