Seeking a Sanctuary

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Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream[1] is a book about the Seventh-day Adventist Church coauthored by Malcolm Bull (staff profile) and Keith Lockhart. It has been described as the best book about the church, covering major areas such as Adventist theology and culture.[citation needed]

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[edit] Overview

The book was first published in 1989, with a second edition released in 2006. Its authors are Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, both of whom have Adventist backgrounds.

Lockhart was born into an Adventist family, became a member of the church through baptism, and studied theology at Newbold College (where he later taught) and religion at Andrews University. He later "left rather quietly".[2] Bull was also born into an Adventist family and spent one year at Newbold College, yet never officially joined the church.[2] Lockhart works as a freelance journalist, and Bull as a lecturer at the University of Oxford.[2]

According to Lockhart, the central theme "is that Adventism represents a deviant but successful response to the general American dream of self-realization and material success."[2]

[edit] Adventist Forum meeting

The book's authors gave a series of presentations on "Adventism's Futures" at the Adventist Forum meeting in Santa Rosa, California on September 29, 2007. Julius Nam responded in "Thoughts on the Future of Adventism: A Response to Bull & Lockhart".

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  1. ^ Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart (2006). Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream, 2nd edition, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21868-1. 
  2. ^ a b c d Interview of Keith Lockhart by Julius Nam

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