June Intensive – Week Two – June 8-12, 2026
Enlightenment critics of Christianity preached a myth of progress, whose reliance on reason, freedom, and mastery came to stamp modern secularism—but not before shaping Protestant accounts of reason, faith, and mission. This course grapples with the impact of what Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998) called “the myth of a secular society” on Christian mission today.
The Rev. Dr. Sam Fornecker is Associate Rector at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Mount Pleasant, SC, where he directs the Ministry Apprenticeship Pathway (MAP) and oversees seminary programs at The Ridley Institute. He is author of Bisschop’s Bench: Contours of Arminian Conformity in the Church of England, 1674–1742 (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology, 2022), co-author with Drew Keane of a forthcoming commentary on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition (IVP Academic), and host of The Ridley Institute Podcast. He lives in Charleston with his wife, four children, and zoological menagerie.
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