Suzanne McDonald, Assistant Professor, Religion
616-526-6612
sm33@calvin.edu
Hekman Library 379
Weekly Schedule
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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
Recent Publications
"Barth's 'Other' Doctrine of Election in the Church Dogmatics," International Journal of Systematic Theology, Vol 9:2 (2007): 134-147
Re-Imaging Election, (Eerdmans, forthcoming) (PhD thesis)
"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).
"The Pneumatology of the 'Lost' Image in John Owen," (Westminster Theological Journal, forthcoming)
"Beholding the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ: John Owen and the 'Reforming' of the Beatific Vision," in Carl Trueman, ed., John Owen Today (Baker, forthcoming).
Hobbies
Music, birdwatching, trying to find time to read something other than theology—novels and poetry top the list when I do!
