Adventist history panel discussion on April 29 to focus on legacy of 1920s fundamentalist movement

The Allure of Fundamentalism: Adventist History and Relevance Today will be discussed by a diverse panel of Seventh-day Adventist theologians on Saturday, April 29 at 3 p.m. in Damazo Amphitheater. The event, sponsored by the School of Religion’s Humanities Program, is a discussion of the fundamentalist movement in the 1920s throughout Protestant Christianity and its lasting implications.

Panelists will include:

• Michael Campbell, PhD, director of achieves, statistics, and research for the North American Division of the General Conference. He is the author of the book 1922: The Rise of Adventist Fundamentalism.   He has served as a pastor and spent a decade as a professor of religion in Texas and the Philippines.

• Marina Garner, PhD, assistant professor of religion/ethical studies, LLU, earned an undergraduate degree as the only women in a class of 140 male theology students at Universidade Adventista de São Paulo, Brazil. She is president of the Society of Adventist Philosophers.

• Paul Giem, MD, adjunct assistant professor of emergency medicine, LLU, is the author of Scientific Theology, in which he argues for a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1-2. Giem has a graduate degree in religion from LLU.

• Calvin B. Rock, PhD, was a general vice president of the General Conference for 1985 until his retirement in 2002. He previously served as president of Oakwood University for 14 years and has been a major leader in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for more than six decades.

• Ray Tetz, Director for Communication, Pacific Union Conference, began his ministry as a pastor, Bible teacher, and youth director.  But communication is his passion — at Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and then running his own media production company. 

The discussion will be moderated by Jim Walters, director of the Humanities Program.

For more information, email jwalters@llu.ledu.