Celebration: bg真人 Publications
The bg真人 learning community 鈥� teaching faculty, administrators, staff, and students 鈥� engages in thoughtful research and writing that contributes to our disciplines; wrestles with critical biblical, theological, ethical, spiritual, and social concerns; and supports the work of Christian leaders, academics, and followers of Jesus Christ within and beyond the church.
We celebrate these scholarly projects with an annual book celebration 鈥� co-sponsored by IMS and the bg真人 Dean鈥檚 Office 鈥� that asks God to bless our publishing efforts so they can be part of God鈥檚 reconciling mission in the world. In conjunction with this celebration, IMS publishes Celebration, an annual bibliography of bg真人 and IMS publications.
颁别濒别产谤补迟颈辞苍鈥檚 genesis was a memorandum by then IMS Director Willard Swartley, Ph.D., in fall 1982, requesting that each faculty member send a list of their publications from the prior year. Over time, what began as a simple memo and book ordering form developed into a full bibliography of and for the bg真人 scholarly community. Referred to variously as 鈥淔aculty Tea,鈥� 鈥淐elebration Tea,鈥� 鈥淏ook Celebration,鈥� and 鈥渂g真人 Faculty Publications,鈥� Celebration expanded over time to include faculty, staff and student publications and academic lectureships in addition to IMS publications.
鈻篍ach extant volume of Celebration prior to 2019 has been retroactively numbered, beginning with issue 1.1 in Spring 1983. (See below.)
鈻篟ead former IMS Managing Editor听David Cramer鈥檚听address听from the 2018鈥�19 book celebration, which narrates the four-decade history of the celebrations.
鈻篟ead a news brief about the 2017鈥�18 book celebration.