Hinson, E. Glenn

Series

Identifier: RG-1634

Staff Only

Content Description

Correspondence, sermon notes, lecture notes, files on church history and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Dates

Creation: 1965-2015

Creator

Hinson, E. Glenn (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Researchers must seek permission of donor or donor's family for use of published works included in the collection.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are not fully inventoried to file level, but they are in good condition and can be accessed by researchers.

Biographical / Historical

A longtime professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he still resides, but also taught at Wake Forest University, Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, and the Baptist Theological Seminary of Kentucky. He is a well-known Baptist ecumenists of the latter 20th century and beyond, having served multiple terms on the NCCC Faith and Order Commission, participated in the various Baptist-Roman Catholic dialogues, and enjoyed an audience with John Paul II when he visited Washington, DC. He was a personal friend of Thomas Merton due to their common interest in spirituality and their close proximity within the state of Kentucky, and regularly took classes of Baptist seminarians to visit Merton at the Abbey of Gethsemani.

Extent

65 Linear Feet (65 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Boxes 1-7 Correspondence 8 Correspondence, Book reviews 9 Book reviews, sermon files 10 Sermon files, Christ Church Lexington, lectures 11-20 Correspondence 21-22 New Testament studies 23 Church history, Baptist 24 Baptists, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) 25 SBC, other Baptists 26-39 Church history 40 Roman Catholicism 41-42 Douglas V Steere 43 EIOS, Weavings 44 Academy for Spiritual Formation 45 Book manuscripts, satries 46 Faith and Order, World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches of Christ 47 Journals 48 Southern, Rueshlikon in SBC, Fracas; Whitsitt Society 49 Hinson at other schools, Editor of R and E, International Thomas Merton Society (ITMS), Ecumenism 50 Church and state, fundamentalism, historiography 51 Spirituality, et al. 52 Taize-Wealth 53 Wesley-Zion; syllabuses 54 Notebooks, New Testament and church history 55 Notebooks, spirituality 56 Notebooks, doctrine, Baptist history, women classics of devotion et al. 57 Notecards, annotated bibliography, church fathers 58-59 Media, audio and video 60 Books by Hinson 61-62 Books with major essays by Hinson 63 Books and pamphlets with essays by Hinson 64-65 Journal articles by Hinson

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of E. Glenn Hinson, 2019.

Appraisal

Acquired by Jill Sweetapple, Head of Archives and Special Collections, 2019.

Condition Description

Excellent, boxed in archival boxes by the donor.

General

From the donor:

I think some would have continuing importance to Baptists. They would include: (1) my extensive correspondence with people not only in Baptist life but in many denominations and institutions; (2) papers of Douglas Steere, whose biography I wrote; (3) materials relevant to my involvement in Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (15 years) and Faith and Order of the National Council of Churches (9 years); (4) materials related to ecumenical dialogue—Baptist/Catholic Conversations internationally (1984-1988); Southern Baptist/Catholic Conversations nationally (1977-1987); Baptist/Quaker Dialogues; Baptist/Episcopal Dialogues; Baptist/Orthodox Dialogues; Baptist/Jewish Dialogue; Baptist/Muslim Dialogue; and a few exchanges between students at Southern Seminary and in other theological schools; (5) miscellaneous information I collected on various historical subjects relevant to church history; (6) original manuscripts of my books, articles, and book reviews; (7) research notes in New Testament and Patristics; (8) collections of photographs and slides on historical subjects. In addition, there might be some interest in notebooks or class lectures that I put together for my classes on a variety of subjects. These would obviously be dated, but they would have Hinson insights that some teachers might find relevant. I also have copies of PhD or DMin dissertations that I supervised; the originals are in Southern Seminary’s or BTSR's library, of course.

Processing Information

Arranged and described at the folder level by the donor. Hinson packed the materials before transfer to ABHS. Sweetapple retained that order and a detailed folder-level inventory is ongoing.