Conversing: Willie Jennings on Race

Last updated on: February 20, 2017 at 5:42 pm By Guest Contributor

Willie Jennings, a systematic theologian from Yale Divinity School, discusses race with Dr. Labberton and reframes fraught social problems around a theology of place for Conversing, a FULLER studio podcast. You can listen to the full of interview—as well as other episodes—here. FULLER dialogues: Race The Black Seminarians Council at Fuller Seminary presents “FULLER dialogues on Race,” a careful reflection on racism and injustice, biblical wisdom, and ways the church can respond faithfully to today’s social crises. Watch responses below and learn more about engaging the African American church... Read more

A Conversation With Martin Scorsese on Faith and Film

Last updated on: January 31, 2017 at 4:50 pm By Guest Contributor

“Where do I go to find the meaning of existence and the meaning of life? For me, it’s Christianity. That’s the real saving grace of our world, of our species really. What is it? What do we have to do to make Christianity real and realize it? How do we behave?” + Martin Scorsese, Academy Award-winning director, at Fuller’s screening of his new film Silence, a story of Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan based on the novel by Shusaku Endo. He... Read more

Conversing: Krista Tippett on Wisdom

Last updated on: November 28, 2016 at 5:31 pm By Guest Contributor

Krista Tippett, founder and host of public radio’s program On Being, reflects with Dr. Labberton on the role of wisdom in shaping public discourse for Conversing, a new FULLER studio podcast. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity, and you can listen to the rest of interview—as well as other episodes—here. Mark Labberton: We welcome to our conversation today Krista Tippett. Tippett is a Peabody award winner for her wide ranging and thoughtful program On Being, that can... Read more

Meet Us At The Table

Last updated on: November 22, 2016 at 5:02 pm By Guest Contributor

Gathering around a table can be an emotionally fraught experience—especially during this tumultuous moment of our shared public life. We hope these stories from our Story Table on hospitality encourage you no matter what table you join this Thanksgiving. Jean Burch, Senior Pastor of Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena “We never would have put a name or a title to hospitality because it just seemed to be a part of who we were, as part of our DNA. I’m... Read more

Witnessing, Learning, Cooperating: Fuller’s Commitment to Civil Dialogue

Last updated on: October 10, 2016 at 12:30 pm By Guest Contributor

Richard Mouw I once heard an African Christian leader tell what it had been like for him to turn away from animistic religion to embrace Christ. “There were many things in my tribe’s religious stories that prepared me for the gospel. When I first heard the story of Jesus, it did not strike me as a completely new and strange thing. What I said to myself was, ‘Aha! So that is the answer!’” This man first experienced Christ as the... Read more

11 Sayings of Bono on the Psalms

Last updated on: April 23, 2016 at 1:58 pm By Guest Contributor

David Taylor It is no secret to fans of U2 that the psalms have played a significant role in Bono’s thinking on the Christian faith and in his practice of songwriting. It is also common knowledge that over the years Bono has felt a sincere affection and admiration for Eugene Peterson, who authored, among other things, The Message, a contemporary translation of the Bible. It is also true that Eugene has felt similarly towards Bono and U2 alike. Bono’s observations... Read more

Integration: What With What and With Whom?

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 1:24 pm By Guest Contributor

This is an article that originally appeared in FULLER Magazine, the primary publication of Fuller Theological Seminary. Brad D. Strawn In 1953 psychologist Fritz Kunkel first used the term “integration” as a description of the interdisciplinary activity between theology and psychology.1 Kunkel was a major pioneer in the integration movement in the 1940s and 1950s, establishing a Christian counseling center in Los Angeles as well as the Foundation for the Advancement of Religious Psychology. Integration historian Hendrika Vande Kemp notes... Read more

Fuller, the Bible, and Women

Last updated on: March 4, 2016 at 4:29 pm By Guest Contributor

This is an article that originally appeared in FULLER Magazine, the primary publication of Fuller Theological Seminary. From the issue focused on women in ministry, this dual interview of New Testament professors Marianne Meye Thompson and Joel B. Green discusses the seminary’s own commitments and the biblical rationale behind those beliefs. One of Fuller’s defining characteristics is its commitment to women in ministry. What are the contours of that commitment? Marianne Meye Thompson: The words that come immediately to mind... Read more

A Historian’s Hunches: Eight Future Trends in Mission, Conclusion

Last updated on: March 4, 2016 at 1:33 pm By Guest Contributor

This is the last installment of a ten part series by Dr. Scott Sunquist on what trends in missiology we can expect in the coming years. Conclusion: Hope and Future Scott W. Sunquist When we look at these eight trends it is easy to turn melancholy. The ubiquity of technology can be seen as a rising idolatry; in fact, for some it is. As we try to connect with other people “in person,” say talking to a person on the plane... Read more

A Historian’s Hunches: Eight Future Trends in Mission, #8

Last updated on: March 4, 2016 at 1:00 pm By Guest Contributor

This is the ninth installment of a ten part series by Dr. Scott Sunquist on what trends in missiology we can expect in the coming years. Trend #8: Mission from the South and the East Scott W. Sunquist Finally, it hardly needs to be mentioned that missionary work continues to grow outside of the western world. The missionary movement is growing from Asia (especially from East and Southeast Asia), from Africa and from Latin America. We can expect the number of... Read more