Since I was able to cull relevant sources from the BGC Archives web site, I knew what primary sources the Archives offered. I had already pinpointed the files I wanted to peruse. So there were few surprises for me in acquiring the sources themselves. However, as I examined the files, I was amazed at the scope within them. Everything from scrapbooks and court transcripts to musical scores and sermon notes - I never expected to find so much.
Fundamentalism continues to be a fertile academic topic.
Many scholars point up the fundamentalist contradictions as they separate from a culture that they seem to be embracing, but few scholars attempt to explain this tension. This attraction metaphor may explain seeming inconsistencies in fundamentalism while speaking to larger analyses of other religious sectarians. But even for the small slice of Christian history that we have set out to document, we can gather only a representative sample. We therefore welcome the chance to help develop a network of archives which tell the story of the spread of the gospel. The link began in 1998 with our gift of tinted glass lantern slides of missions in China to the University.