The DAHL’s New Archives Website Goes Live

Katherine Lee

Check out the David Allan Hubbard Library’s new Archives, Rare Books, and Special Collections website at libraryarchives.fuller.edu . Fresh off the press, this site features rare photographs from our special collections including a retrospective on Fuller’s four presidents, women at Fuller, the Jesus People Movement, David du Plessis’s ecumenical work, and cartoons created by Jackson Wilcox. Researchers can access searchable finding aids, apply for access to the materials, and communicate with the archivist. We welcome your feedback and hope that the site will prove useful for Fuller faculty, clergy, and scholars around the globe.

Billboard Series #103011 Now on Display in the DAHL

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Billboard Series #103011. Wood, Acrylic, Spray paint, 42” X 144”.

Born out of the mesmerizing aesthetic of decaying freeway billboards, Billboard Series #103011, invites the viewer to ponder the ways in which revelation can emerge from disorder and entropy. Billboards are oriented towards frenetic creatures and are loud, temporary, and pervasive. Do they occasion the slow, meditative gaze necessary for disclosure of the numinous?

Please stop by and take a look at Rob Lee’s painting. His work fuses Abstract Expressionism and Pop art sensibilities, and often embodies a weathered, nostalgic presence. The passage of time—and the multiple narratives it holds—seems to arise from his work. Yet often the real is melded with the representational: the age of wood and the tatter of adverts are translated into paint. Making new into old, mess into glory, is a foundation of his aesthetic.


Fuller Receives Key Science and Religion Collections from the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR)

Katherine Lee

Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce that it has been awarded five identical collections of major works in the field of science and the human spirit through the ISSR’s competitive grant program. The collections will be housed separately in the Fuller Pasadena,  Texas, Northwest, California Coast, and Southwest campus libraries.

Each collection is comprised of approximately 200 hardbound volumes that are representative of the most important authors and treat the vast range of interdisciplinary subject matter at the highest level of quality and scholarship. Selected through the ISSR’s rigorous peer review, these titles reflect no ideological or religious bias and are drawn from many faith traditions as well as authors with vigorously naturalistic perspectives. According to CIO and Assistant Provost for Library and Information Technology, Michael Murray, “We are thrilled that the ISSR is partnering with us as we seek to make materials like this available to Fuller students, faculty, and members of the broader academic community who are doing research at points of intersection between such fields as anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology, theology, and many others.”

The International Society for Science & Religion was established in 2002 for the purpose of the promotion of education through the support of inter-disciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion conducted where possible in an international and multi-faith context. For more information, please see http://www.issr.org.uk/.

Lynn Aldrich and Whitney Warnes Exhibit Now up in the Library Lobby

Katherine Lee

Please stop by the David Allan Hubbard Library to view the Brehm Center’s latest art exhibits. Two different exhibits are on view: three works by Lynn Aldrich which will be on display until December 5, and a series of photographs by Whitney Warnes entitled, “The Look and Feel of Devotion: Buddhist and Muslim Aesthetics of Worship” which will be displayed until December 15.  The photographs are part of a research project led by Professor William Dryness that eight Fuller students participated in over the past three years.  Buddhist and Muslim believers were interviewed about the visual elements of their worship and the role visual elements play in their devotion.  The research project and this exhibit were funded though a grant The Brehm Center was awarded from the Henry Luce Foundation.

Women at Fuller Exhibit Now on Display in the DAH Library

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  • Who was the first female faculty member, and what year was she hired?
  • When did Fuller begin to support women’s ordination?
  • Who was Fuller’s first female trustee?
  • Many of Fuller’s present faculty and staff championed the full affirmation of women in ministry and academic life back when the subject was debated at the institutional level. Can you name a few of these people?

Discover the answer to these questions and others you may have about the history of women’s participation and inclusion at Fuller. The exhibit, displayed in the first floor lobby, features the history of Fuller’s policy for admitting female students, the rise of women’s campus groups such as the Philotheans and Women’s Auxiliary, the appointment of female faculty members, and the successes of prominent Fuller alumnae. It will be on display until October 17th and then moved to Payton Hall for display during the entire 2012 calendar year.

DAH Library Hosts West Coast Health Missions and Ministry Conference

Katherine Lee

The Library was pleased to host the 2011 West Coast Health Missions and Ministry Conference over the weekend of August 19-20. On Friday night, conference speakers gathered on our third floor in the Asian Christian Collections room and adjacent balcony to enjoy food and conversation together. The conference hosted 60 respected national and international speakers who lectured on topics ranging from human trafficking, to best practices in health missions, international health education, urban health, emotional care, palliative and hospice care, and dental care.

Dr. Peter Yorgin and Mr. Robert Arrington are cofounders of the conference which hosts 150 to 200 attendees each year. Dr. Yorgin donated a collection of bibliographic resources to the Library, and the Library made a select group of journals and databases available to attendees in support of their work in the mission field. If you are interested in medical missions, take a look at our Campus Guide on this cross-disciplinary ministry of the Church:  http://campusguides.fuller.edu/medicalmissions

Larry Norman Exhibit Now up in the DAHL Lobby

Katherine Lee

The “Father of Christian Rock” and one of the key figures of the Jesus People Movement, Larry Norman left his mark on history as an evangelist and artist who used his talents to present the Gospel in the vernacular of the late ’60s and ’70s youth culture. His songs have been translated into over a dozen languages and recorded by over 300 artists. Friends and fans include Bono, Frank Black, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Francis Schaeffer, among others.

Please stop by the Library Lobby and see the exhibit. It will be on display until the end of June.

Jackson Wilcox Exhibition on Display in the Library Lobby

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Jackson Wilcox is an American Baptist pastor, artist, writer, and editor with a ministry career spanning over six decades.  At each congregation served he published church newsletters illustrated with his distinctive cartoons and drawings.  As a pastor in Hollywood during the Jesus People Movement, he produced a number of cartoons that were published in the Hollywood Free Paper.  This collection provides a unique window into the effort to make the Gospel accessible to the distracted youth in the cultural turmoil between 1968-1980.

The Jackson Wilcox Collection at the David Allan Hubbard Library includes cartoons, newsletters, sermon notebooks, newspaper columns, and other materials documenting the ministry of Jackson Wilcox. Come by and look at the exhibition while you sip a cup of joe and delay writing that midterm!

Reception for “The Narrative of Life: A Response” Exhibit in the DAHL Lobby

Katherine Lee

In November of this year, The Brehm Center hosted a series of lectures given by Vanderbilt University’s Dr. Robin Jensen and artist John August Swanson. Students and alumni that attended were invited to create artwork in dialogue with the theme of the lectures: the intersection of faith and visual art and the important role that story plays at this convergence.

“Narrative of Life: A Response to the Brehm Lecture Series,” features works from seven artists who participated in this unique opportunity:

Christopher Min
John Lui
Joy Justus
Lin Preiss
Michelle McCreary
Olga Lah
Sarah Amanda Jones

Worth noting is that each of the participating artists chose a different visual medium or style as a means to respond to the Brehm Lectures.

On behalf of the featured artists, the Brehm Center, and Fuller Theological Seminary, we encourage you to engage with the art and the stories behind them. You are invited to a reception to view the works by these student and alumnae artists on Thursday, January 6 from 6:30-7:30pm in the David Allan Hubbard Library on Fuller’s campus.