Papers of Glen Harold Stassen
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Title: Papers of Glen Harold Stassen
Dates: circa 1997-2014
Collection Number: CFT00901
Creator/Collector:
Stassen, Glen
Extent: 67 boxes, 43 folders, 51.29 linear feet
Repository:
Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: 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). The Papers of Glen Harold Stassen consist of research notes
and course material from Stassen’s teaching career at Kentucky Southern College and at Fuller Seminary.
Language of Material: English
Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.
All rights reserved.
[Identification of item]. Papers of Glen Harold Stassen. Collection Number: CFT00901. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan
Hubbard Library Archives
Donated by Dorothy Stassen (wife) and family.
Biography/Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection’s arrangement remains similar to Dr. Stassen’s original organization. The collection organized into 7 series:
Series 1: Class Notes and Writings (Box 1-4);
Series 2: Ethicist Writers (Box 5-11);
Series 3: Topical Reference Material (Box 12-30);
Series 4: Alphabetical Reference Material (Box 31-59);
Series 5: Miscellaneous Boxes (Box 60-64);
Series 6: Folders (43 folders);
Series 7: Media (Box 65-67).
Arms control
Baptists
Christian ethics
Nuclear disarmament
Racism
Reconciliation
Sermon on the mount
Social justice
Theology
Fuller Theological Seminary
Just Peacemaking Institute