Furman 20 years after Break with SC SBC

[Stephen Fox]

He may be a member of St. Paul Baptist in Richmond, I'm not sure.

Deb Loftis is a native of Richmond, well known in Baptist circles and a 1974 grad of Furman with Judy Clarke, a year behind former Furman President David Shi. Deb is not on the Search committee but may have conversations with Cullen.

I hope so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cullen_(attorney)

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/23/240248593 ... of-the-gop

with the conversation above today on NPR, and recent Chatter on Furman's public facebook wall re Jesse Jackson's upcoming appearance October 30

[Stephen Fox]

http://blogs.furman.edu/freshmenblogger ... al-furman/

[Stephen Fox]

Echol Nix, who was Eric Motley's debating opponent growing up in Montgomery had his picture taken with Jesse yesterday when Jackson spoke in some classrooms at Furman after his main event Weds evening. Motley was one of Tom Corts most cherished undergrads at Samford, and from Samford went to the Bush White House. Nix teaches in Furman Religion Department!

http://foxofbama.blogspot.com/2013/10/w ... or_25.html

[Stephen Fox]

Cooley is the product of a "Christian" School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. https://www.facebook.com/walions

She brought Anne Coulter to campus and is most likely the woman who get a tape copy of Jesse's address to the National Review.

On her school's facebook wall I left them some reading material to consider

[Stephen Fox]

Tully succeeded DJ Kennedy at Coral Gables, the sponsoring church of the Westminster Academy of which Lauren is a product.

Marshall Frady and the World of billy Graham at Furman; still a lot of Drama

https://www.facebook.com/walions

[Stephen Fox]

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Sam is a friend who is editor of the collection For the Love of Alabama. He is former book page editor of the Charlotte Observer, on the advisory board of the Furman alumni magazine, now with the UMC Reporter.


http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/cont ... t=13414457

[Stephen Fox]

Talked to her this morning, a staffer for the US Tea Party Catholic Rep whose district includes my hometown of Gaffney. The Conversation centered around immigration reform.

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http://furmannewspaper.com/2013/11/20/k ... at-furman/

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http://abpnews.com/ministry/people/item ... v5bGp2YZok

[Stephen Fox]

Understand this moment in Furman History.

I called circulation of the Furman Library this morning. They don't have Molly's book to date, but when I told them I have on good word New President Davis will be reading, and I have recommended it to a former Chaplain as well as two former Deans and Eric Motley's friend in the religion department, I think's it should be in the stacks by next Wednesday.

http://esrh.blogspot.com/2013/10/molly- ... alism.html

[Stephen Fox]

Presidnet Bill Clinton will be the guest of Furman grad Dick Riley, former Gov of S.C. and Clinton's Sec Ed April 8 at Furman.
. That same day in Collinsville, Al, Stephen Fox, FU 75, will host his friend Sam Hodges, 77, at Collinsville HS. Sam will speak about his book For the Love of Alabama. Sam's Grandfather was a founder of the SBC Radio and Television Commission!

[Stephen Fox]

http://www.greenvillebusinessmag.com/Vi ... rward.aspx

[Stephen Fox]

Harris had an excellent oped in Ethicsdaily.com on hijacking traditions. Compared SBC history of the last 30 years to the the GOP's travail with the Tea Party.

Harris son teaches Math at Furman.

Colin was a friend of my Father.

Randall Balmer, who Harris spotlights in his piece, is a friend of mine.

I feel in my soul Furman great Marshall Frady would be proud.

[Stephen Fox]

And his wife at the Historically Baptist affiliated instituion is pastor of a UMC Church. Before Furman Crowe Tipton was pastor of FBC Auburn, Alabama.

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/n ... /14285563/

[Stephen Fox]

Gantt speaks Thursday Sept 18. I have made a comment on the Furman facebook wall about Helms role in the fundamentlaist takeover of the SBC which led to Furman's break with SC Baps. Gantt ran against Helms for U S Senate in NC in 84 and was the victim of the infamous "hands" racist commercial.

[Sandy]

[Stephen Fox]

I am posting a link, a direction to your comment Sandy on Furman's public library facebook wall. I did have a conversation with the archives a few days ago and they have the online access to the Southern Literary Journal with Doug Cumming's Spring piece on Marshall Frady's Emory papers, a matter that may interest William Thornton.

I hope by now you have read Scott Sherman's The Unvanquished on Frady.

Working to have Worthen on Furman campus within the year to let the light shine on the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. Hope your friends from FBC Sburg will show if it takes. As Cletus said in the Nutty Professor, it ain't nothing but a short walk; Sburg to the Furman campus, about 30 miles. or 25 minues. if you come in on 29 by FBC Taylors where I first or second saw Cliff Barrows in person.

[Stephen Fox]

http://foxofbama.blogspot.com/2014/10/b ... party.html

[Stephen Fox]

The Homecoming issue of the Furman Magazine has a sterling profile of new Furman President Elizabeth Davis. She is a woman of faith, a good progressive Baptist and the Furman magazine is not shy in making that clear in the first edition of the alumni magazine of her Presidency.

In some ways it bookends the loose ends of the magazine piece a few years ago that I used to spark this series of comments on this board.

Most fascinating are the few paragraphs that talk of her Baylor experience, the troubles of the first decade of this century at Baylor, culminating in Ken Starr's selection as President.

The article says both are people of deep Christian conviction, something that is important to a significant constituency at Baylor. Implied that their secular politics might have a different inflection, they were a good "elixir" to move Baylor past the troubles of the first decade of this century.

Davis walked through all that in fine form. Though Furman is a secular institution now, like Wake Forest chosing Nathan Hatch, Furman is on course to produce some exquisite scholars of grand character.

[Stephen Fox]

http://furman.edu/about/commemorating-d ... ading.aspx