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COLLECTION 0027: Papers of Margaret T Applegarth, 1886-1976
Get PDFThe Papers of Margaret T Applegarth, 1886-1976 consist of the working files of the prolific speaker and writer, Margaret Applegarth. The collection includes clippings, booklets and notes used in Applegarth’s writing, speaking, and correspondence related to these ministries. Also included is a collection of her published and unpublished writings, a small collection of personal correspondence and family memorabilia, and several biographical sketches of Miss Applegarth. Applegarth’s personal book collection of her own writings are heavily annotated and cut for use in teaching. In most cases, additional unmarked copies have been kept with the collection
12 - President David Allan Hubbard (1963-1993)
No full textFuller alumnus David Allan Hubbard (Class of 1952 and 1954) served thirty years as the Seminary’s president from 1963 to 1993. Under his leadership, Fuller began the Schools of Psychology and World Mission (now Intercultural Studies), growing into one of the world’s largest interdenominational seminaries.https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/exhibit_70thanniversary/1011/thumbnail.jp
09 - Charles E Fuller, Billy Graham, John Carnell
No full textPictured from left to right: Founder Charles E. Fuller, Board of Trustees Member Billy Graham, and President John E. Carnell.
Billy Graham holds a cane as he had experienced a minor injury prior to when this photograph was taken.https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/exhibit_70thanniversary/1008/thumbnail.jp
Reading Judges 19: A Study of Narrated Apostasy and Literary Representations of Violence
No full textThis project utilizes tools from narrative criticism and intertextual analysis in its verse by verse study of Judges 19. Attention is focused on issues of literary composition, including literary gaps, lexical multivalence, and narrative incoherence, as well as on narrative meaning derived from intertextual echoes in an effort to ascertain the manner in which literary representations of violence function to enhance the overall importance of the story.
The results of this study witness to Judges 19 as a text of compositional genius. Literary gaps, lexical multivalence and narrative inconsistencies subvert meaning in all but five verses of the overall chapter. Intertextual echoes tend to distort or invert the themes, tropes and events of the texts they echo, thereby representing in its literary construction the narrated themes of a world in which things are distorted. A significant number of lexically multivalent words contain a secondary signification implying themes of “illicit worship,” thereby subverting literary content by means of multivalence while simultaneously introducing an undercurrent of a systematic theme. Literary representations of violence function in a manner that portrays human mutuality as utterly shattered. The literary representation of sexual violence functions to portray the destruction of human mutuality as contained in the duality of male and female, a destruction which consequently impacts humanity’s ability to image God, thereby distorting the very image. Judges 19 presents a literary portrayal of a nation deeply involved in religious and nomistic abuses. The rule of Yhwh has been usurped by worship of foreign gods. This is a time without Yhwh’s rule, because the entire nation has succumbed to foreign practices. In the absence of religious faithfulness, the nation is destroying the very humanity which images God.
In verse 30 the text breaks the fourth wall and confronts the audience with an appeal to consider the events and “to speak up.” Within the context of the primary themes of Judges 19, this appeal functions as a call to the audience to consider the consequences of apostasy. The literary portrait confronted the reader with images of progressive social deterioration resultant from illicit worship practices and culminating in spectacular narrated violence portraying the self-destruction of humanity. Against this literary backdrop, the appeal to the audience functions not unlike the call of the prophets who sought Israel’s return to Yhwh. While part of Israel’s state formation narrative, the thematic and lexical characteristics of this text suggest a kinship to prophetic literature
20 - First Female Faculty Member
No full textRebecca Price
1952-1971
School of Theology
First Female Faculty Member
Prior to Price’s arrival, Helen Clark MacGregor’s enrollment had prompted the creation of a special “Bachelor of Sacred Theology” degree, which restricted women from pastoral courses. The STB’s creation exposed the need for a full-time instructor in Christian education to support women pursuing work as church staff members.
Price established, directed, and taught Fuller’s Christian Education program. The program’s success increased female enrollment and enabled women to graduate with a “Master of Religious Education” degree.
The MRE and STB degrees helped pave the way for women’s complete inclusion in the Fuller community. In 2016, over 51% of newly enrolled students were women, with no degree off-limits.https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/exhibit_70thanniversary/1019/thumbnail.jp
07 - Lake Avenue Church Education Building
No full textFrom 1947 until the construction of Payton Hall in 1953, classes were held in the children’s Sunday School rooms of Charles Fuller’s home church, Lake Avenue Congregational.https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/exhibit_70thanniversary/1006/thumbnail.jp
How Brentwood Academy Can Fulfill the School’s Mission for Its Minority Students
Get PDFThe goal of this study is to determine how Brentwood Academy can care for minority students in ways defined by the school’s mission statement. This study argues that the school needs to be more intentional about the way it serves students of color. This can be done by rejecting a colorblind model and adopting one that treats people equally while celebrating differences. This thesis has been tested against current scholarship and in Scripture.
Through careful examination of Scripture, God’s heart for the disenfranchised is clear. It is clear in the Old Testament, Jesus’ teachings, and Paul’s writings that Christians should be active in their care for minorities. This hypothesis is tested through exploring passages from multiple biblical authors to reveal that the Bible is not silent on this issue. Care is also given not to proof text or to interpret the Bible in a way that was not intended. Clearly diversity is a part of God’s design for creation, so the differences that God created should not be ignored as in a colorblind ideology. Modern scholarship also rejects the notion of ascribing to a colorblind worldview. A critique of the practices of Brentwood Academy in regard to race are compared with the literature on diversity in schools and in Scripture to determine best practices moving forward.
The findings of this study reveal that Brentwood Academy needs to move away from a colorblind ideology in order to care for minority students at an institutional level. However, no actual research was conducted among students, parents, or faculty to ascertain how effective the school is in fulfilling its mission among minorities. This project would benefit from research done on campus but is beneficial for all independent schools that desire to care for the minorities who attend their schools
From Exile to Freedom: How to Wander Well through Emerging Adulthood
Get PDFWhy is it that we have a generation of young adults who are struggling in close to all areas of their lives? I have worked with college students for the past five years, and have watched hundreds of them graduate college and enter into the “real world.” Watching them in their first years of Emerging Adulthood is fascinating because I am watching some of very talented, best resourced, and faithful men and women unravel with the transition out of college.
That is where this project starts, with wandering. First, it looks into the cultural shifts that extended adolescence and gets a framework for understand Emerging Adulthood as a new stage of life. That research exposed several key parallels between what Emerging Adults experience and Israel’s time in Exile. Those themes are explored in the contexts of wandering, belonging and calling. Pulling from the book of Jeremiah, and his guidance for Israel, wisdom could be harvested and implemented in how a young man or woman wanders through their twenties, and it can transform a season of suffering into a season of flourishing. The key is cultivating communities to Wander Well together and use a season of exploration, Emerging Adulthood, to move the center of gravity in their life from rituals to their hearts. This can be directed through several pivots from: 1) from feeling scattered to being sent; 2) from thinking calling is bestowed, you are sent, to experiencing the uncovering of calling; 3) from feelings of loss and destruction to experiencing preparation as calling emerges; and 4) then finally when we move from preparation to creatively participating in our calling
Recontextualizing the Catechumenate for Church Youth in Hemsedal: A Strategy for the Norwegian Lutheran Church
Get PDFThe purpose of this project is to address the lack of discipling of post-confirmation youth in the Church of Hemsedal by forming a Mission Action Team (MAT). The team will take a set of specific actions and test if these can diffuse new discipleship approaches after a traditional Lutheran catechesis, as a part of a recontextualization process of the gospel in a Scandinavian culture. This paper is divided into three parts.
Part One presents the ministry context and describes the circumstances and the nature of local adaptive challenges. It offers important understanding regarding what is going on among former Hemsedal confirmands and examines the decline of the Lutheran Churches in Scandinavia and the relevance of a post-Christendom Church. Qualitative research is prepared by a MAT consisting of key persons. Then evaluation of the research follows, proposing some initial approaches and experiments.
Part Two reflects theologically on the findings from the interviews in order to recontextualize the gospel locally. The biblical and theological foundations of discipleship and the concept of recontextualization are examined. This analysis will be done through the lens of teachings on the Trinity, Ecclesiology, and Individuality. In particular, Robert J. Schreiter’s five criteria for establishing Christian identity are employed for these proposed experiments.
Part Three presents a ministry strategy based on the interviews, the recontextualization process, and the initial experiments. It uses the Missional Change Model, with the intent to innovate and diffuse ways of recontextualizing discipleship. The strategy utilizes a methodology of an action-reflection-action process and looks at challenges presented by new existing praxis, interprets them and the feedback, and proposes experiments—which in turn are evaluated. After experimentation, there is assessment to continually recontextualize the gospel within youth culture in the Church
Children’s Views of Catholic Saints
No full textChildren’s views of Catholic saints were analyzed by exploring which saints Latino children favored in relation to how they viewed their own closeness to their mothers. There were 23 participants enrolled in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade and attending a private Catholic school. The participants were asked to perform 4 tasks, which included: drawing an image of their favorite saint, writing a personal letter to their favorite saint, doing a circle activity assessing their perceived closeness to others, and being interviewed. Additionally, the parents of the participants were asked about their favorite saint. Results suggested that there was a non-significant trend for children who placed themselves closer to their mothers in the circle task to favor a different saint than that of their mother. Furthermore, a non-significant trend was detected for children who selected their own saint to be relationally closer to their saint than children who selected their mothers’ saint. Finally, children who viewed themselves as closer to God tended to view themselves farther away from their saint or vice versa in the circle task. Implications and limitation of the study were discussed