David Allan Hubbard Library - Fuller Theological Seminary

The David Allan Hubbard Library will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2023 in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 30 at 9 AM.

Are you getting ready for Spring 2023 Finals? Visit your library online or in person. Ask us for assistance!
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Extended Hours
June 1 -June 2 (Th-F): 9 am - 7 pm
June 3 (Sat): 12 pm - 7 pm
June 5-9 (M-F): 9 am - 7 pm

"Asian American theology is a way to understand our engagement and experience of God and the gospel more deeply and holistically as Asian Americans. " - Daniel D. Lee
https://fuller.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1337155165

This Day in History series - May 21, 1990 - Spiritual leader, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and minister, ArchBishop Desmond M. Tutu visits Fuller and speaks at Community Worship in chapel. His sermon was entitled “God’s Word in Our Lives”.

This Day in History series - May 17, 1955 - Minister and Fuller faculty member, Professor of Apologetics (1948 - 1954), E. J. Carnell was inaugurated as the 2nd president. He was the first to serve in full-time residence. During his tenure, in 1957, the seminary received full accreditation from the American Association of Theological Schools.

"T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics" brings together the interdisciplinary Bible interpretation from the Asian American and other communities.

This Day in History series - May 10 - Hubbard Library celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - In 2010, Fuller began the 3-year program, the Asian American Theology & Ministry Initiative, to prepare for the establishment of a future Center. In 2013, the Asian American Initiative was set up featuring regular Asian American courses, events, and small groups. In July 2016, Fuller established the Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry (also called the Asian American Center). Daniel Lee has served as assistant provost and academic dean. The center includes the Filipino American Heritage Initiative, which offers community, mentoring, and resources to Filipino Americans at and beyond Fuller Seminary.
To learn more about the center, go to https://www.fuller.edu/asian-american-center/


Pictured: Dr. Sam George speaking at Fuller Chapel service (in collaboration with Asian American Center) on May 3, 2023 to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The sermon title is “Reimagining Mission for the 21st Century Global Christianity”.

The essays included in the encyclopedia "Asian American society" examine diverse aspects of the Asian American experience.

"I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me." - Maya Angelou

In these books, scholars reflect on the journeys and faith of Asian Christians around the world.

This Day in History series - May 3, 1963 - Spring in Silhouette American singer and actress, Ethel Waters speaks at the annual Spring Banquet.

Fuller library celebrates Asian American Pacific American Heritage Month - Fall 1979 - Theological Studies for Asian Ministers Program is initiated. The program is designed "to meet the needs of immigrant as well as second and third generation Asian pastors, both at the M.A. and D.Min. level." Samuel Soon-ll Kim serves as program director.

Pictured: Samuel Soon-Il Kim

This Day in History series - 7 - 9 April 1992 - Elizabeth Achtemeier, minister, author, and adjunct professor at Union Theology Seminary (1973 - 1996) was the first woman lecturer to speak at the Payton Lectures. The subject of the 5 lecture series was entitled: Nature, God, and Pulpit.

To listen to the lectures, go to
https://soundcloud.com/user-638024424/sets/payton-lectures-1965-1995?si=e3f95c82b38f437497df826370618839&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The D. A. Hubbard library will be closed from Friday, April 7 to Sunday, April 9, 2023 in observance of Good Friday and Easter. We will reopen on Monday, April 10 at 9am.
Have a wonderful Easter holiday!

This Day in History series - 29 - 31 March 1966 - The 2nd Annual Social Concerns Conference was held on this date and the theme was Justice and Reconciliation on the Racial Crisis. Gayraud Wilmore, Executive Director (1962 - 1972) of the Commission on Religion and Race of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. was the main lecturer at this conference.

Pictured: Hal Holman, student chairman of the Social Concerns Committee and Dr. Gayraud S. Wilmore.

This Day in History series - 29 March 1994 - Jorge Taylor, Assistant Provost for Ethnic and Cultural Concerns (1993 - 1998) assisted with starting the ESL (English as a Second Language) program. The program was accepted by the BOT and began in the Fall 1994.

March 8 - Hubbard Library celebrates International Women’s Day - Pearl Walker McNeil was the first female trustee to be on Fuller’s Board of Trustees from 1971 - 1990. She was an author, accomplished businesswoman and scholar, and was listed in Who’s Who of American Women and in Who’s Who in American College and University Administration.

Pictured: Pearl Walker McNeil

March 1 - Hubbard Library Celebrates Women’s History Month at Fuller - In 1947, when Fuller Theological Seminary was founded, it was assumed that all students preparing for ministry would be men; women, however, saw it differently. At their insistence, by the following year women were taking individual courses, and by 1950 a degree specifically for women—the Bachelor of Sacred Theology, a modified version of the Bachelor of Divinity—was created, with Helen Clark its first graduate in 1952 (pictured below). That year also saw the hiring of Fuller’s first faculty member, Rebecca Price, who taught and administered a second degree designed with women in mind, the Master of Religious Education. By 1966, all Fuller’s degree programs were opened to women. With the 1970s came the creation of an Office of Women’s Concerns, courses on women in ministry initiated and taught by Roberta Hestenes, and Fuller’s first female tenure-track faculty member, Hendrika Vande Kemp. “We made it clear that women are welcome, and they showed up,” said trustee Max De Pree about that time more than 40 years ago. “If you were a woman and you felt called to ministry, you could go to Fuller.” For decades now, Fuller has welcomed women equally into all its programs. https://www.fuller.edu/womeninministry/


Pictured: Helen Clark

The library extended its hours for the 2023 Winter finals:
Thursday, 3/9 - Friday, 3/10 : 9AM - 9PM
Saturday, 3/11 : 11AM - 6 PM
Monday, 3/13 - Friday, 3/17 : 9AM - 9PM.
We look forward to assisting you!
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This Day in History series - February 19-22, 2014 - Fuller’s School of Psychology celebrated 50 years during its 2014 Integration Symposium. The School has been driven by a pioneering spirit and commitment to excellence in integration, research, and clinical training. The vision of integrating theology and psychology which John Finch introduced in his lectures (1961) became a reality in September 1965, when the School of Psychology held its first classes. In 1972, the American Psychological Association (APA) granted approval to the school’s doctoral program in clinical psychology, making Fuller the first seminary to receive APA accreditation.

The school continued to expand by adding new research programs, clinics, outreach programs through the 1960s-1980s. Academic programs (Marriage and Family Therapy program) and degrees (Doctoral program) were added to the school in 1987. In the 1987-1988 academic school year, the Lee Edward Travis Research Institute for Biopsychosocial Research was founded. It provided the setting and support for faculty and students to collaborate in groundbreaking research in a range of areas: religion and psychotherapy, stress, trauma, and adjustment; neuropsychology; child and adolescent development. In 2020, the school was renamed School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

This Day in History series - February 14 - Happy Valentine’s Day!: Featured collection: Charles Fuller and the Old Fashioned Revival Hour Collection. On March 11, 1934, the first program of Rev. Fuller’s "The Heart to Heart Hour" aired over KNX Hollywood. As he continued pioneering in radio evangelism, the program grew and eventually was renamed “The Radio Revival Hour” in 1934, and “The Old Fashioned Revival Hour” in 1937. By 1941, the program was heard every Sunday across North America as well as in Europe, Africa and Asia. At its height, the program estimated an audience of over 20 million listeners.

The first Heart to Heart Talks radio program.

This Day in History series - February 1 - Hubbard Library Celebrates Black History at Fuller. In Fall 1972, Fuller launched the Theological Studies Program for Black Ministers with 15 students. The pilot program sought to specifically engage topics related to African American churches and communities including theology, psychology, and social concerns. Today, the program has become the William E. Pannell Center for Black Church Studies.

Pictured: Participants at a Pannell Center event.

This Day in History series - 21 January 2023 - David Emmanuel Goatley was inaugurated as the 6th president of Fuller Seminary. A constructive theologian and globally recognized missiologist with a background in pastoral counseling, Goatley brings a unique blend of experience and expertise that aligns with Fuller’s major disciplines of theology, missiology, and the psychological sciences. Having studied or worked in more than 35 countries, he brings a global perspective to his leadership and vision for Fuller, believing the gospel of the kingdom is truly good news and hope for all of the world, transcending politics, denominations, and single nations.

This Day in History series - 15 January 1986 - In 1986, the United States recognized and celebrated Martin Luther King Jr as a nationwide holiday. Fuller also celebrated with its 1st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in Chapel. Rev. Charles G. Adams gave a sermon entitled “All Things Are Yours”.

Pictured: Charles G. Adams and William Pannell

D. A. Hubbard library will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2023 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and on Saturday, January 21, 2023 for Presidential Inauguration and 75th Anniversary Celebration of Fuller Theological Seminary. 🕤💬
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3 January 2023 - This Day in History series - David Emmanuel Goatley starts his term as the 6th president of Fuller Seminary. He is Fuller’s first Black president and the first to have led a major global missions agency.

This Day in History series - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Fuller Archives!

D.A. Hubbard library Hours in December 2022–January 2023
Closed: Dec. 16–17
Open: Dec.19–21: 10 am–2 pm
Closed: Dec. 22–Jan. 2
The last day to use a Suggest a Book – Wed., Dec. 21.
The last day to request a pickup from a locker is Dec. 16.
We resume our services on Jan. 3. 🎄🔔🎄

This Day in History series - 13 - 14 December 2013 - The Fuller Seminary Archives & Centro Latino inaugurated the Apostolic Archives of the Americas, featuring the collections of Manuel Gaxiola, Manuel Vizcarra, and Egla Montero. It forms part of the Center for Christian Spirituality's David du Plessis Archives. The Archives contains personal and organizational papers reflecting the development of the global Pentecostal and Charismatic church and its ecumenical associations.

Pictured: Items from Manuel Gaxiola, Manuel Vizcarra, and Egla Montero collections.

Join us for the introduction to Canvas, Library, Writing Center, Access and Student Services on Monday, December 12 at 2:30 PM PDT (Zoom event).
We look forward to seeing you there!
Find more info about Welcome Week at https://library.fuller.edu/2022/12/winter-2023-welcome-week/