Eternity as a Sunrise : The Life of Hugo H. Culpepper

by Culpepper, R. Alan

• ISBN13: 9780865548190
• ISBN10: 0865548196
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Author Biography

R. Alan Culpepper became dean of the McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University in 1995.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
Introduction	xi
Farewell---Foreword	xiv
Boyhood	1	(8)
Early Religious Experience	2	(1)
Hugo's Horses	3	(4)
Teenage Years	7	(2)
Education	9	(16)
Ruth Cochrane	11	(1)
Baylor University, 1934--1936	12	(5)
Southern Seminary, 1936--1940	17	(2)
Hugo and Ruth in Louisville	19	(6)
Concentration Camp	25	(76)
Peking, 1940--1941	26	(7)
Baguio, 1941	33	(4)
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941	37	(5)
Camp John Hay, 28 December 1941--23 April 1942	42	(14)
Camp Holmes, 23 April 1942--27 December 1944	56	(22)
Bilibid Prison, Manila, 28 December 1944--5 February 1945	78	(8)
Liberation, 5 February 1945	86	(15)
Medical School	101	(32)
Hendrix and Central, 1945--1946	103	(5)
``The Missionary Motive''	108	(6)
The Decision to Give Up Medical Studies	114	(6)
Personal and Spiritual Crisis	120	(5)
Plans to Go to Chile	125	(8)
Chile, 1947--1951	133	(21)
Getting Settled, First Impressions	133	(6)
A Sacrificial Gift	139	(4)
The Invitation to Move to Buenos Aires	143	(9)
Home to Little Rock	152	(2)
Furlough in Louisville	154	(6)
Argentina, 1953--1958	160	(39)
Growing Responsibilities	164	(10)
The Conference in Rio de Janeiro	174	(9)
The Decision to Finish His Th.D.	183	(16)
Southern Seminary, 1958--1964	199	(59)
The Invitation to Join the Faculty at Southern	199	(10)
Doctoral Studies, 1959--1961	209	(2)
``The Christian Faith and Modern Man in the Thought of Miguel de Unamuno''	211	(21)
W. O. Carver Professor of Christian Missions and World Religions	232	(3)
``God's Power and the World's Response''	235	(12)
The Decision to Move to Atlanta	247	(11)
Home Mission Board, 1965--1970	258	(33)
``Charge to Newly Appointed Missionaries''	276	(6)
The Decision to Return to Southern Seminary	282	(5)
``Charge to Missionary Appointees''	287	(4)
Southern Seminary, 1970--1981	291	(45)
``Eternity as a Sunrise''	293	(7)
The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard	300	(7)
The Ad Hoc Advisory Committee	307	(12)
``The Rationale for Missions''	319	(10)
``The Bible and Religious Authority''	329	(7)
Retirement, 1981--2000	336	(18)
``The Thought of Wilfred Cantwell Smith''	337	(7)
``A Living Faith''	344	(6)
``Acts 4:12''	350	(4)
Sunrise	354	(2)
Bibliography of the Writings of Hugo H. Culpepper	356	(5)
Index of Persons	361	(6)
Scripture Index	367