Andrew Fuller and His Controversies
Written by Nathan Finn, Posted in Conferences, History, Theology
As some readers may know, I serve as a senior fellow with the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (AFCBS) at Southern Seminary. The AFCBS is a research center dedicated to the study of Baptist history and historical theology, with special emphasis on British Baptists in the so-called Long Eighteenth Century (1688–1815). As part of its mission, the AFCBS hosts a Baptist Studies conference every fall. Past conferences have examined topics such as Baptist Spirituality, Baptists and the Cross, and Baptists and War. Several conferences have addressed themes related to Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), the famous Baptist pastor-theologian whose name the AFCBS bears.
This year’s conference is dedicated to the topic Andrew Fuller and His Controversies. The conference will meet on the Southern Seminary campus on September 6–7, 2013. I will give one of the plenary addresses on the topic of Fuller’s critique of Sandemanianism, a heterodox understanding of faith similar to the modern-day “Free Grace” movement. My address will coincide with my new edition of Fuller’s Strictures on Sandemanianism, which is part of the forthcoming critical edition of the Works of Andrew Fuller, a project that is sponsored by the AFCBS.
I have copied the full schedule below from the AFCBS website. I hope some of you can plan to attend the conference.
THE ANDREW FULLER CENTER FOR BAPTIST STUDIES
7th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Friday, September 6
8:30 am Plenary session 1: Hyper-Calvinism (Paul Helm)
10:00 am Plenary session 2: Antinomianism (Mark Jones)
11:30 am Plenary session 3: Arminianism (Chris Holmes)
1:00 pm Lunch
Parallel Sessions 3:00 pm–4:30 pm
Session A (Chair: Dustin Benge)
- Controversy with A. Booth (Chris Chun)
- Controversy with John Martin (Dustin Bruce)
Session B (Chair: Steve Weaver)
- Politics & mission (Paul Brewster)
- Controversy with W. Vidler (Roger Duke)
Session C (Chair: Cody McNutt)
- The controversy that never developed with Edward Sharman (Michael Haykin)
- Responding to Robert Robinson (Jeongmo Yoo)
5:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Hymn sing
8:15 pm Plenary Session 4: Socinianism (Tom Nettles)
Saturday, September 7
9:00 am Plenary session 5: Post-millennial eschatology (Crawford Gribben)
10:30 am Plenary session 6: Deism (Ryan West)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Plenary session 7: The communion question (Ian Clary)
3:00 pm Plenary Session 8: Sandemanianism (Nathan Finn)
4:30 pm A concluding word (Michael Haykin)



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