Great Minds Lecture Series wraps up with the Recasting of Calvinism in Fuller鈥檚 The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation
Timothy Whelan, Ph.D.
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The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences鈥� (CLASS) 2017 Great Minds Lecture Series concludes with 鈥淛onathan Edwards, Andrew Fuller, and the Recasting of Calvinism in Fuller鈥檚 The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation (1785)鈥� on April 19 at 5:30 p.m. in Russell Union room 2047. Timothy Whelan, Ph.D., from the Department of Literature and Philosophy, will deliver the lecture that focuses on how Fuller鈥檚 theological treatise transformed ideas about Calvinism鈥檚 emphasis upon divine sovereignty and individual faith into an 鈥渆vangelical Calvinism鈥� that generated worldwide missionary movements. Whelan is a professor of English and joined CLASS in 1989. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1989 and is the author of more than a dozen books, including his monograph 鈥淥ther British Voices: Women, Poetry, and Religion, 1766-1840 (Palgrave, 2015)鈥� and his edition, with Michael McMullen, of 鈥淭he Diary of Andrew Fuller (Berlin, 2016), Vol. 1鈥� in the Collected Works of Andrew Fuller, ed. Michael Haykin. Fuller (1754-1815), Baptist minister at Kettering and founding secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, shaped the future of Baptists worldwide through his treatise, The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation (1785). Fuller rejected the High Calvinist position that an 鈥渙pen鈥� call to repentance undermined God鈥檚 prerogative of election and predestination as set forth in John 颁补濒惫颈苍鈥檚 Institutes (1527). Fuller argued that the scriptural doctrine of divine sovereignty did not preclude an 鈥渙bligation,鈥� or 鈥渄uty,鈥� on the part of the 鈥渦nregenerate鈥� to exercise faith. Fuller, like the American divine Jonathan Edwards, attempted to mediate between two uncompromising opposites: High Calvinism鈥檚 fatalistic, passive faith and a more active, Arminian faith grounded in free will. 颁补濒惫颈苍鈥檚 Institutes of the Christian Religion, Fuller鈥檚 The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation, and Edwards鈥� A Careful and Strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will and A Treatise concerning Religious Affections will be on display during the lecture. These documents will also be on display through May 5 at the Zach S. Henderson Library鈥檚 Remnant Trust Exhibit. For more information on the 2017 Great Minds Lecture and to view a full schedule of the lectures visit . 妻友社区, a public Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers 119 degree programs serving 20,673 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered and hands-on approach to education. Visit .