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By Ed Gerritsen, February 2014
Collection Overview
Abstract
The collection (1951-2002) contains the research files and papers of Leonard Sweetman Jr. (1924-), an ordained minister and professor emeritus in Religion and Theology at Calvin College. The material focus on Sweetman's work on missiology, world religions, faith, and social justice.
Biographical Note
Leonard Sweetman Jr. was born in 1924 in Paterson, New Jersey to Leonard Sweetman Sr. and Rose Sluisman. He graduated from Calvin College in 1948, from Calvin Theological Seminary with a ThB in 1951, attended the Kennedy School of Missions for two years beginning in 1953, and the Free University of Amsterdam with a ThD in 1962. He was ordained a minister in the Christian Reformed Church of North America in 1951 and served as the pastor of several congregations and as a missionary to Japan (1955-1961). In 1964 he joined the Religion and Theology faculty of Calvin College, specializing in New Testament, Missiology, and World Religions. He published papers and reviews in the Reformed Journal and the Banner. He retired in 1989, and then served as a volunteer translator (Dutch to English) in Heritage Hall of Calvin College until 2004.
Sweetman married Clara Timmerman in 1947, they have three children: Angelique (married to Clarence Dottery, Robert (married to Roseane Lopers), and Nora (married to Steven Cooper).
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
1 Boxes
Acquisition Source:
Leonard Sweetman, 2004
Other Note:
Acc. No. 04.40, 04.44
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: [General Materials]],
[
Series 2: Articles],
[
Series 3: Book Reviews],
[All]
- Series 1: [General Materials]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Course Papers --- 1954
- Item 1: “Millhands and Preachers"
- Item 2: “The Heart of the Matter"
- Item 3: “St. Francis Xavier"
- Series 2: Articles
- Box 1
- Folder 2: "Toward More Biblical Studies," "The Gospel History," Reformed Journal --- 1951-1961
- Folder 3: De Wachter --- 1961
- Folder 4: "A Dutch Voice on Inspiration," "Illiterates, Theologians and Jesus," Reformed Journal --- 1960-1967
- Folder 5: "The Biblical Concept of the Mission of the Church," The Japan Quarterly --- 1961
- Folder 6: "What is Biblical Theology?" "The Hour Cometh and Now Is," Reformed Journal --- 1965
- Folder 7: "Models of Man," Church Educators Journal --- May 1971
- Folder 8: Report 36: "Room within Boundaries" --- Mar 1972
- Folder 9: "Biblical Authority," Reformed Journal --- Apr 1972
- Folder 10: "Church Responds to Charismatic Question" --- Oct 1973
- Folder 11: "Taxi Driver and the Savage Cinema" --- Nov 1977
- Folder 12: "By Grace Rescued from Despair," Calvinist Contact --- May 1978
- Folder 13: "A Substitute Faith," "Christianity and Mysticism," Reformed Journal --- 1977-1978
- Folder 14: "Thinking about the Reformed Faith," Reformed Journal --- Sep 1981
- Folder 15: "Floating World" --- Mar 1981
- Folder 16: "Gandhi, Symbol of Non-Violence," Banner --- Aug 1983
- Folder 17: "Masakhana: Let us build Each Other, Reformed Review --- 1995
- Folder 18: "To Leave the Church is to be in the Church," Perspectives --- Jan 1996
- Folder 19: "Evolution of a Young Friesen Boy," "Children of the Day," Origins --- 1998 and 2002
- Folder 20: "God's Unexpected and Surprising News," Dutch International Society Magazine --- Dec 1999
- Series 3: Book Reviews
- Box 1
- Folder 21: Banner Book --- undated
- Folder 22: "Stories of the Hindus" --- undated
- Folder 23: Litany for Dedication of Meeter Center for Calvin Studies --- May 1982
- Folder 24: "Jesus Son of Man," "Mysticism in the World Religions" --- undated
- Folder 25: Paper: "Self-Affirmation and Self-Denial in John Calvin" --- undated
- Folder 26: Paper: "History and the Gospels" --- undated
- Folder 27: Speech: "What in the World is Happening?" Greenville, MI --- 1979
- Folder 28: Book: "From Heart to Heart," edited by Sweetman --- undated
- Folder 29: Lectures on Hinduism and Buddhism Give at Congregation Ahavas Israel and River Terrace Church --- 1984, 1992
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: [General Materials]],
[
Series 2: Articles],
[
Series 3: Book Reviews],
[All]
