Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Papers of Glen Harold Stassen
- Dates:
- 1941-2011
- Creators:
- Stassen, Glen
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 135 Boxes, 51.19 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Papers of Glen Harold Stassen. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Papers of Glen Harold Stassen contain materials related to Stassen’s academic work a teacher from the 1960s-2000s as well as his peacemaking activism efforts. Research topics included Christian ethicist H.R. Niebuhr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian discipleship, Christian ethics, and Just Peacemaking. The collection also has files from Stassen’s work with Peace Action, formerly known as SANE and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Formats include course binders, meeting minutes, syllabi, overhead transparencies, lecture notes, newspaper clippings, and book drafts. Inclusive dates range from 1941-2011.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dr. Glen Harold Stassen (b. Feb 29, 1936 – d. April 25, 2019) was a Southern Baptist theologian who championed social-justice in the 1980s Evangelical community; advanced nuclear disarmament talks; and co-authored the widely used Christian ethics textbook, Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Contexts (2003). Dr. Stassen worked as Fuller Seminary’s Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics from 1997 until his death in 2014. Dr. Stassen’s particular passion included contributing to peace and justice initiatives within communities. Glen Stassen was a civil rights organizer in the 1960s, and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the 1970s, Dr. Stassen was a leader in the movement for open housing laws in Kentucky. During his professorship at Fuller Seminary, he created the Just Peacemaking Institute to further his vision for alternatives to war. He had also taught and mentored students at Kentucky Southern College, Berea College, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Dorothy Stassen (wife) and family.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1941-2011
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
- Terms of access:
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All rights reserved.
- Preferred citation:
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Papers of Glen Harold Stassen. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
- Location of this collection:
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135 North Oakland Ave.Pasadena, CA 91182, US
- Contact:
- (626) 584-5311