Donald Oppewal Collection, 1950-2008 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Donald Oppewal Collection, 1950-2008

ID: COLL/186

Primary Creator: Donald Oppewal (1926-)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of education at Calvin College. The collection includes articles; readings for education classes; vitae; tapes; publications; and a thesis entitled “The Method of Consensus and Its Social and Educational Applications.” [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Biographical Note

Donald Oppewal was born in Massachusetts in 1926. He attended Calvin College majoring in English and minoring in philosophy. He graduated from Calvin with a B.A. in 1950 and went on to earn his Master’s degree in English and history at the University of Michigan. Oppewal pursed a career in education, beginning as an English teacher at Illiana Christian High School in Lansing, Illinois. After five years, Oppewal went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with a focus on philosophy of education. In 1960, Oppewal returned to Calvin College, not as a student, but as a professor.

During his time at Calvin College, he served on the college’s Teacher Education Committee, Continuing Education Committee, and Graduate Studies Committee. Oppewal also played a major role in establishing the Christian Educators Journal and served as the managing editor, book review editor, and even occasionally wrote for the journal himself. Oppewal also concerned himself with the role of religion in public schools and textbooks. Oppewal also authored the notable book Society, State, and School (1965). He even assembled the Religion and Education conference in 1987.

In 1991, Oppewal reached emeritus status and retired from active teaching. He has been married to his wife, Jessica (Leestma), since 1948. Together they had six children.

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Box 4

Folder 1: Article, "Christian Schools: a Ministry of the CRC," Banner, vol. 137, pp. 18-19 --- (June 3, 2002)
Folder 2: Article, "Where Have All the Reformed Schools Gone?" Christian Educators Journal, vol. 45, pp. 26-27 --- (Dec. 2005)
Folder 3: Article, "General and Special Revelation in Conversation," Banner, vol. 141, pp. 36-37 --- (Feb. 2006)
Folder 4: Article, "Christian Education: Investment, Not Cost," Christian Educators Journal, vol. 45, p. 13 --- (April 2006)
Folder 5: Article, "Tiv Nigerian Missions: a Case Study," REC Focus, vol. 6, no. 3-4, pp. 53-62 --- (Dec. 2006)
Folder 6: Article, "Textbook Perspectives," Christian School Teacher, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 22-25 --- (Winter 2007)
Folder 7: Article, "When God Speaks, Are We Listening With Both Ears?" Journal of Reformed Thought: Perspectives --- June/July 2008
Folder 8: Article, "What's Up with This 'Integration of Faith and Learning'?" Christian Educators Journal, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 19-21 --- (Dec. 2008)

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