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Professor Bill
McCoy Chosen to Partcipate in
Faculty Workshop in Africa
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In
2009 the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and the Nagel Institute for the Study of
World Christianity selected professor Bill McCoy to participate in
a summer faculty development workshop in the cities of Johannesburg and
Cape Town, South Africa on “Public Theology: The South African
Experience.” 
The workshop will bring together the 8 North American scholars with 12
African scholars of various disciplines under the direction of Dr.
Nico Koopman, a distinguished South African theologian who directs
the Beyers Naude Institute for Public Theology at the University of
Stellenbosch, in order to create some fresh perspectives on Christian
political thinking.
The workshop will range over a wide variety of public policy issues, as
scholars seek to find Christian perspectives on debates about the
future of democracy around the world. As one of the great
democratic experiments of the recent past and one in which Christian
leaders have played prominent roles, the South African context will
help shape the discussion and the perspectives of the
participants. Out of the workshop, which will gather during the
first two weeks of June, the Nagel Institute plans to develop a book of
essays on the critical issues regarding Christianity and democracy
emerging from their national contexts, and a practical guide with
principles and mandates for Christian service in politics and
governance. Prof. McCoy also hopes to use the material from the
workshop in shaping his own future courses in both African history and
the new general education course, “The West in the World since 1500.”
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