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J. Stilson Judah: New Religious Movements Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0g5022zf No online items J. Stilson Judah: New Religious Movements Collection Joselle Lynne Merritt-Dennis Graduate Theological Union Archives Graduate Theological Union 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, California, 94709 Phone: (510) 649-2523/2501 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.gtu.edu/library/special-collections/archives © 2007 Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved. J. Stilson Judah: New Religious GTU 95-6-01 1 Movements Collection J. Stilson Judah: New Religious Movements Collection Collection number: GTU 95-6-01 Graduate Theological Union Archives Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, California Processed by: Joselle Lynne Merritt-Dennis Date Completed: July 16, 2002 Encoded by: UCSC OAC Unit © 2007 Graduate Theological Union. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: J. Stilson Judah: New Religious Movements collection Dates: ca. 1973-1994 Bulk Dates: (Bulk 1973-1987) Collection number: GTU 95-6-01 Creator: Judah, J. Stillson Collection Size: 16 boxes 11 linear ft. Repository: The Graduate Theological Union. Library. Berkeley, CA 94709 Abstract: The collection consists mainly of Library director N. Stilson Judah's materials on New Religious Movements. There is some personal materials that reflect Judah's interest in tennis and ballroom dancing and an oral history about his life. Physical location: 3/J/6 - 3/K/3 Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation New Religious Movements collection, GTU 95-6-01. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA. Acquisition Information Gift of J. Stillson Judah, Jr. in 2000. Biography J. Stillson Judah (1911-2000), GTU library director from 1966 to 1976, was a pioneer in the early scholarly study of New Religious Movements in Berkeley in the 1970's, writing many articles and papers about the various groups. He published Jehovah's Witnesses and History and Philosophy of the Metaphysical Movement in 1964. In 1974, Hare Krishna and the Counterculture was published. Among the book chapters and articles that he wrote were several that were seminal in the field of New Religious Movements. J. Stillson Judah was born on July 7, 1911 in Leavenworth, WA. He received an A.B. in Philosophy and Oriental Studies from the University of Washington in 1934 and did his graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley in both 1940-1941 and in 1966-1969. He received his Library Certificate from the University of California in 1941. He served in Japan from 1945-46 as Japanese language interpreter for the 5th Fleet. In 1941-1969, he served at the librarian at the Pacific School of J. Stilson Judah: New Religious GTU 95-6-01 2 Movements Collection Religion in Berkeley, CA. He was the editor and compiler of Index to Religious Periodical Literature from 1949-1952. Under his leadership, seven separate seminary library collections were integrated into the Graduate Theological Union Common Library. He became GTU's first librarian in 1966. He also served as Professor, History of Religions at GTU from 1969 until his retirement in 1976. Judah received many honors for his work. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1956, the Faculty Fellowship of the American Association of Theological Schools (Sealantic Fund) in 1957-1958 and received his Litt. D. Degree from Chapman College in 1956. As an active participant in the religious freedom movement of the 1960's and 1970's he was also active in the Alliance for the Preservation of Religious Liberty serving as the Vice-Chairman for a number of years. Judah died on October 9, 2000. Scope and Content of Collection The material was collected from Judah's home after his death. Material was received in boxes, file folders and loose. Most of the collection follows the original order. The collection pertains almost exclusively to the New Religious Movements. There is a small amount of personal material that reflects his interest in tennis and ballroom dancing and a 1994 oral history. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Cults--United States--History--Sources Hare Krishnas International Society for Krishna Consciousness--History--Sources Jews for Jesus--History--Sources Religions--20th Century--History--Sources Unification Church--History--Sources Judah, J. Stillson Box-folder 1:1-22 Series 1 Personal History & correspondence ca. 1973-1994 Physical Description: 22 folders Scope and Content Note This series consists primarily of loose papers found through out the rest of the collection. There is an interview with J. Stillson Judah which gives a life history in his own words. Correspondence files that relate to specific New Religious Movements will be found in those series. This correspondence consists of personal correspondence including correspondence with his publishers. Box-folder 1:1-17 Personal business files ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:18-22 Correspondence ca. 1973-1987 Box-folder 1:23-37 Series 2 Jews for Jesus ca. 1973-1994 Physical Description: 14 folders Scope and Content Note This series has a general collection of items from Jews for Jesus. It includes five folders of questionnaires completed by members of this group. Some are numbered; there are no names and no identifying characteristics. Box-folder 1:23 About the Movement ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:24-25 Broadsides ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:26 Correspondence ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:27 Music Books ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:28 Questionnaire (blank) ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:29-33 Questionnaires ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:34 Postcards ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:35 Posters ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:36 Publications and Newsletters ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:37 Thesis, D.R. La Magdeleine, Jews for Jesus: Organizational Structure and Supporters ca. 1973-1994 J. Stilson Judah: New Religious GTU 95-6-01 3 Movements Collection Series 3General Research ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:38-45, Series 3 General Research ca. 1973-1994 2:1-47, 3:1-50, Physical Description: 154 folders 4:1-49 Scope and Content Note This collection contains general research into New Religious Movements. Many of the materials were found loose in boxes and are arranged by the processor. They are listed alphabetically using Judah's subject headings when available. Box-folder 1:38-40 About Cults ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:41 Addresses and phone numbers ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:42 Ananda (Sivananda Ashram) Nevada City ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:43 Ananda Marga ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:44 APRL ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 1:45 Apocalypticism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:1-3 Background material, United States ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:4 Baptist ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:5 Bella, Robert - "Views of Religious Consciousness Today", seminar December 1971 Box-folder 2:6 Berkeley Area Interfaith Council (BAI) ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:7 Berkeley Coalition ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:8-10 Bibliographies ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:11 Black Religious Experience ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:12 Blue Mountain Center of Meditation ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:13-15 Brainwashing or Coercion ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:16 Buddhism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:17 Campus Crusade for Christ ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:18 Civil Religion ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:19 Chapel Talks ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:20 Children of God ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:21 Christian Theology Today ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:22-24 Church of Scientology ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:25 Chinmoy ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:26 Church of World Messianity ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:27 Communism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:28 Conversion ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:29-32 Conversion vs Coercion ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:33-36 Countercultural Background ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:37-40 Criticism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:41 Criticism by churches ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:42 Definition of Cults ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 2:43-47 Deprogramming ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:1 Defense ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:2-3 Divine Light ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:4 East-West Journal ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:5 Eckankar ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:6 End times/Doomsday ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:7 Evangelicalism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:8-10 Freedom of Religion ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:11 Gold Mountain Monastery ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:12 Good vs Evil ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:13 GTU Program Information ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:14 GTU Programs, Proposed ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:15 Himalayan Institute ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:16 Hinduism ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:17-20 Historical Theory ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:21 IFLA ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:22 Integral Yoga Institute ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:23 Islam ca. 1973-1994 Box-folder 3:24 Jehovah's Witnesses ca. 1973-1994 J. Stilson Judah: New Religious GTU 95-6-01 4 Movements Collection Series 3General Research ca.
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