Ryan MacPherson
Bethany Lutheran College | www.blc.edu
Associate Professor - History
Phone: 507-344-7787
Office: Honsey Hall 308
Message: Send web message
Courses Recently Taught
Civil Rights Movement
Constitution and Early Republic
History and Philosophy of Science
History of USA I
History of USA II
The Era of the American Revolution
The Supreme Court and the American People
Education
- Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science (University of Notre Dame, 2003)
- M.A., Confessional Lutheran Theology (Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, in progress)
Academic Interests
- U.S. constitutional law
- American religious history
- History of science
- Bioethics
- Marriage and family in public policy
Books
- Rediscovering the American Republic: Biographies, Primary Texts, Charts, and Study Questions—Exploring a People’s Quest for Ordered Liberty; Volume 1: 1492-1877 (2012)
View Book Listing - The Culture of Life: Ten Essential Principles for Christian Bioethics (2012) View Book Listing
- Studying Luther’s Large Catechism: A Workbook for Christian Discipleship (2012)
View Book Listing - Telling the Next Generation: The Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Vision for Christian Education, 1918–2011 and Beyond (editor and contributor, 2011) View Book Listing
Articles and Chapters
- "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. View Article
- "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. View Book Listing
Affiliations
- Senior Editor, The Family in America: A Journal of Public Policy (Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society, Sept. 2012-present) View Website
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod Historical Society (board of directors)
- University Faculty for Life (member)
- Lutherans for Life (speakers’ bureau)
