Happy Fourth of July from the Library!

In observance of the holiday, the Library will be closed on July 3 & 4 and will reopen with regular hours on the next business day.

As we celebrate, we also reflect on the national commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. We invite you to visit the Library’s archival exhibits connected to America250, the nationwide initiative marking this milestone (learn more at America250).

America250 at Fuller: Faith and the American Story

Our featured exhibits draw from Fuller’s archival collections, highlighting how faith, scholarship, and public service have shaped both the Seminary and the broader American story.

Recommended Reading from Fuller Authors

We also invite you to explore works by Fuller faculty and alumni that thoughtfully engage American culture, public theology, and civic life. Look for titles such as:

• The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark A. Noll – A landmark reflection on evangelical intellectual life in America.
• The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah** – A call to reimagine American evangelicalism through a multiethnic lens.
• A Public Faith by Miroslav Volf – An exploration of how faith can contribute constructively to public life.
• Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism by George Marsden – An examination of the broader story of evangelicalism and fundamentalism since the 1940s.
• Reformed and Evangelical Across Four Centuries: The Presbyterian Story in America by Nathan Feldmeth – What it means to be Presbyterian in the multidimensional American context, as well as understand this piece of the larger history of Christianity in the United States.
• Easter Faith and History by Daniel P. Fuller – Engages history in a theological context (especially the resurrection in historical perspective).
• My Friend, the Enemy by William E. Pannell – Discusses racial dynamics and cultural context in American evangelicalism and society.
• Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture by Grant Wacker – Cultural history of Pentecostalism in the U.S.
• Author Charles J. Scalise – Authored works and articles engaging American church history, including studies like “Phil, The Fiddler”: how Horatio Alger’s Unitarianism played among Italian Americans (historical article). His broader publications explore Christian history within American contexts.

These works reflect Fuller’s ongoing engagement with questions of national identity, justice, faith, and public witness.

We encourage you to check out our July Virtual Library Display as well!

We look forward to welcoming you back after the holiday. Until then, we wish you a joyful Fourth of July as we give thanks and reflect on the ways faith and scholarship continue to shape our shared American life.