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The Future of Fuller: Seminary Announces New Way Forward
Fuller President Mark Labberton announced today a new vision for the future of seminary education. Building on its 70-year history of world-class theological scholarship paired with courageous innovation, Fuller will be undergoing a transformation that will bring its scholarship to more leaders in communities that need it most. Fuller plans to expand its offerings to…
Political Dealing: The Crisis of Evangelicalism
This speech was given by Fuller Seminary President Dr. Mark Labberton at a private meeting of evangelical leaders held at Wheaton College in Chicago, Illinois, on April 16, 2018. The following has been edited from his notes for clarity and to give context to excerpts that have been disseminated elsewhere. قراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربية…
From the School of Theology Dean: Farewell to Love Sechrest
Love Sechrest, associate professor of New Testament, has accepted a call from Columbia Theological Seminary as Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective July 1, 2018. This is a loss to our Fuller Seminary community in so many ways, though we accept and support our colleague’s decision as she anticipates opening…
In Memoriam: Viggo Søgaard
The Fuller community celebrates the life of Viggo Søgaard, professor emeritus of communication and a faculty member with our School of Intercultural Studies for three decades. Dr. Søgaard, who lived in his native Denmark, passed away on March 12 at the age of 78. Dr. Søgaard taught communication at Fuller in various capacities from 1981…
Sebastian Kim’s Latest Book Names Outstanding Academic Title
The Companion to Public Theology, edited by Korean Studies Center Executive Director Sebastian Kim with Katie Day, has been named one of 2017’s Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice magazine. This year’s Outstanding Academic Title list was selected by the Choiceeditorial staff from among the over 5,300 titles reviewed by Choice over the past year. The awarded titles have been selected for their…
FULLER URGES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON DACA PROGRAM RENEWAL
Today it was announced that President Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline for legal protections from deportation of those under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), also known as “Dreamers.” This decision and Congress’s inability to devise a solution for this pressing issue have created a cruel atmosphere of fear…
SHE TEACHES: RESISTING THE DANGER OF A SINGLE NARRATIVE
Recently,1 a prominent church leader and author picked up a recurrent theme in hierarchical complementarianism, the (in)appropriateness of women in ministry, but this time he took the argument a step further: emphasizing that women should not be pastors, he therefore insisted that women should also not be seminary professors.2 I understand how he bases this…
Fuller Urges Congressional Action on DACA Program Renewal
Today it was announced that President Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline for legal protections from deportation of those under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), also known as “Dreamers.” This decision and Congress’s inability to devise a solution for this pressing issue have created a cruel atmosphere of fear…
A Statement from Dr. Sebastian Kim on the Current Military Tension on the Korean Peninsula
As a result of nuclear tests and missile launches, the current tension on the Korean Peninsula has gone beyond confrontation; it is now seriously threatening the peaceful co-existence of the Korean Peninsula and the neighboring countries. In addition, due to the response of the nations with an interest in the region, the possibility of war…
Immigration Beyond Politics: Researchers at Fuller Seminary Examine How Detention and Deportation Inflict Psychological Trauma on Citizen Children
With funding provided by the Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program, Dr. Lisseth Rojas-Flores of Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology evaluated the role detention or deportation of a parent has on the mental health of citizen children. Results from her study are in “Trauma and Psychological Distress in Latino Citizen Children Following Parental…