2024 Fall Adult Education Program

“Christianity Then and Now”

Eight Bi-Weekly Zoom Meetings September-December

What—exactly and in depth—is “Christianity” as a religion? How has it grown, flourished, and evolved, and is now approaching possibly terminal decline in our secular culture? What, if anything, might be done to help save it?

For each meeting we shall read and discuss with their author chapters of a short (44-pp.) booklet, Christianity Then and Now, by fellow parishioner and historian George McCully. Participants may attend any number of meetings. The booklet is a PDF document, freely downloadable HERE. (See below for introduction and overview*.)

As part of our “Dover Unplugged” community outreach "Caring" series, meetings are open to the public, who are cordially invited to join us.

If you are interested in joining, please reply to [email protected] by Monday, August 26^th with your preferred evening(s) of the week to meet. Sessions will begin the week of September 23^rd.

*Preview (2 pp.) Introduction: This Book, Religion and Secularity

This series of brief essays is intended to provide a concise, in-depth, historical account of the Christian religion as a religion—how it has grown and evolved under the leadership of a few heroic individuals as they have contended with their various challenging environments; how it has gradually ceased to grow and is radically declining under the conditions of modern Western secular culture; and at least tentatively how that might be remedied. ....continue reading HERE