Ryan MacPherson

Education

• Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science (University of Notre Dame, 2003)
• M.A., Confessional Lutheran Theology (Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, partial coursework completed)

Academic Interests

• U.S. constitutional law
• American religious history
• History of science
• Bioethics
• Marriage and family in public policy

Books

• Debating Evolution before Darwinism: An Exploration of Science and Religion in America, 1844–1859 (2015)
• Rediscovering the American Republic: Biographies, Primary Texts, Charts, and Study Questions—Exploring a People’s Quest for Ordered Liberty; Volume 1: 1492-1877 (2912) and Volume 2: 1877-Present (2013)
• The Culture of Life: Ten Essential Principles for Christian Bioethics (2012)
• Studying Luther’s Large Catechism: A Workbook for Christian Discipleship (2012)
• Telling the Next Generation: The Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Vision for Christian Education, 1918–2011 and Beyond (editor and contributor, 2011)

Selected Articles and Chapters

• “Family-Friendly Health Care: How to Make Health Care Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life, and Affordable,”  The Family in America: A Journal of Public Policy 29, no. 3 (Summer 2015): 235–49.
• "Marital Parenthood and American Prosperity: As Goes the Middle-Class Family, So Goes the Nation," The Family in America 26, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 1–21.
• "The Natural Law of the Family," chapter 11 in Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal, edited by Robert C. Baker (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011), 201-19.

Affiliations

• Senior Editor, The Family in America: A Journal of Public Policy (Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society, Sept. 2012-2016)
• Board Member, Evangelical Lutheran Synod Historical Society (2004-2013)
• University Faculty for Life (member)
• Lutherans for Life (speakers’ bureau)

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