COLL/520 Guide to the John P. Tiemstra Collection Tiemstra, John P. Collection Finding Aid Authors: Ed Gerritsen, 2011, 2012.

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Guide to the John P. Tiemstra Collection 1970/2011 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection John P. Tiemstra Collection 1970-2011 COLL/520 Tiemstra, John P., 1950- 2.00 4 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Hekman Library 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE Grand Rapids, MI, URL: http://archives.calvin.edu Email: crcarchives@calvin.edu Phone: 616-526-6913 Fax: 616-526-7689
Professor of economics at Calvin College. The collection includes correspondence, academic materials, and publications detailing the integration of faith with economics, i.e., the importance of moral choice and stewardship in economic analysis. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Information:

From 1975 to 2012, Professor John P. Tiemstra dedicated his career to serving the Department of Economics and Business at Calvin College. He graduated with honors from Oberlin College in 1971 and pursued his doctorate of philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975. Tiemstra devoted himself to explore why and how Christianity affects the economy. Tiemstra is considered one of the world's leading scholars on Christianity and economics, especially in the Reformed tradition. He has produced two major publications, a textbook, Economics: A Developmental Approach, 1999 and Reforming Economics, 1990. His writings also frequent periodicals like International Journal of Social Economics and Business, Society Review, and Christian Scholars' Review.

A few of Tiemstra’s professional associations and services include the American Economic Association, the Association of Christian Economists, and editorial board member of Faith & Economics. He was a member of the Association for Social Economic, where he was the recipient of the 2009 Thomas F. Divine Award for lifetime contribution to social economics. Tiemstra’s recreational interests include Irish culture and church music. He is a member of the Irish Heritage Society. He is also a member of the American Guild of Organists, where Tiemstra met his wife, Suzanne Spicer. He enjoys singing Irish folk songs and playing the organ for area churches.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id35523 Correspondence 1970-2011 id35524 1 id35525 1 1-9 Correspondence 1970-2011 id35526 Writings 1972-2010 id35527 2 id35528 2 1 Paper, "Some Thoughts on the Condition of the Performing Arts" 1972 id35529 2 2 Paper, "Property Relations in the Old Testament," presented at AACS-ICS Conference 1974 id35530 2 3 Paper, Peter J. Tiemstra and John P. Tiemstra, "Moisture Transmission through Peanut Oil Film," [Peanut Science:, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 47-50.1974] July 1974 id35531 2 4 Manuscript, Market Protest, Chapter I and II 1974 id35532 2 5 Thesis, Protest through Market Action, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1975 id35533 2 6 Paper, "Energy and Christian Stewardship: An Economist's Contribution" 1976 id35534 2 7 Paper, "Christian Stewardship and Economic Behavior" 1976 id35535 2 8 Paper, "On The Banner's Economics" 26 July 1976 id35536 2 9 Paper, "The Affluent Society Revisited" 1977 id35537 2 10 Book review, "Review of Tom Rose, Economics: Principles and Policy from a Christian Perspective, Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1977," undated; and materials re: review of Tom Rose's book in Christian Educators Journal 28-29 (Sept/Oct 1977) id35538 2 11 id35617 2 11 Report: “Redlining Project: Progress Report and Timetable" 1977 id35618 2 11 Article: “Whatever Happened to Redlining?” The Grand Rapids Press 7 Dec 1980 id35539 2 12 Paper review, "Comment on Dr. Kee's Paper;" includes paper and members list of The Social Science Seminar held at Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, 3-11 Aug 1978 id35540 2 13 Papers: id35615 2 13 "The Bible and Economics in Christian Schools" 1978 id35616 2 13 "A Tale of Two Editions" 1979 id35541 2 14 Paper, "You Will Always Have the Poor Among You" [1979] id35542 2 15 id35619 2 15 Paper: "Energy Policy from the Ground Up" 1980 id35620 2 15 Article: The Reformed Journal: “Energy Policy from the Ground Up", 6-9 Oct 1980 id35543 2 16 Calvin College Social Research Center study paper, "Home Financing and House Prices" 1981 id35544 2 17 Paper, "Economic Causes of Soil Erosion in the U.S." [1981] id35545 2 18 id35841 2 18 Paper: "Professional Friends" [1983?] id35842 2 18 Article: The Reformed Journal: "Professional Friends", 11-15 Oct 1983 id35546 2 19 Paper, "Moral Foundations of Community," 1983, by P.L. Danner and reply by J.P.T. [1984] id35547 2 20 Book reviews: id35843 2 20 "Review of The Causes of World Hunger, William Byron, ed., New York: Paulist Press, 1982, 256 pp., $8.95" [1984] id35844 2 20 "Review of Clouse, ed., Wealth & Poverty" [1985] id35548 2 21 Paper, "Perspectives on Consumer Rights," presented at World Congress of Social Economics 1986 id35549 2 22 Articles: id35845 2 22 The Reformed Journal: "Reformed Taxes," 8-9 Dec 1986 id35846 2 22 "A Loftier View," 4 June 1988 id35847 2 22 "Schools, Hospitals, and the Poor," 3-4 Nov 1989 id35550 2 23 Book: W. Fred Graham, George N. Monsma, Jr., Carl J. Sinke, Alan Storkey, and John P. Tiemstra, with contributions by Daniel M. Ebels, Reforming Economics: A Christian Perspective on Economic Theory and Practice, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, (Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin College) 1986 id35551 3 id35552 3 1 Paper, "Values in Theory of Economic Regulation" 1987 id35553 3 2 Book review, "Poverty and Wealth: The Christian Debate Over Capitalism, by Ronald H. Nash. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1986" [1987] id35554 3 3 Paper and book review, "Losing Ground by Charles Murray (New York: Basic Books, 1984, 323 pp., $23.95)," undated; and review of Losing Ground, by Charles Murray (Basic Books, 1984). TSF Bulletin 35 Jan-Feb 1987 id35555 3 4 Paper and article, "Stories Economists Tell," undated, and The Reformed Journal: "Stories Economists Tell,", 14-16 Feb 1988 id35556 3 5 Book review by Arnold McKee, "Reformed Economics (Toronto Studies in Theology, vol 38), ed. John Tiemstra, Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y., 1990, pp. 323, index" 1990 id35557 3 6 Paper, "Varieties of Institutional Economics: The Theory of the Firm" [1991] id35558 3 7 Paper, "Equality and Efficiency: the Big Trade Off or a Free Lunch?" [1992] id35559 3 8 id35848 3 8 Rights and Regulations: Theories of Regulation and the History of Consumerism [1992?] id35849 3 8 Rights and Regulations undated id35560 3 9 Articles: id35850 3 9 Perspectives: "The Best Person for the Job" Feb 1992 id35851 3 9 "The New South Africa: Already but Not Yet," 4 Nov 1992 id35852 3 9 "Science, Information, and Values," 3-4 Aug/Sept id35561 3 10 id35853 3 10 Paper: "Christianity and Economics: A Review of Recent Literature" [1993] id35854 3 10 Manuscript: "Christianity and Economics: A Review of Recent Literature" undated id35562 3 11 Book review, "Paradox and Policy: A Review Article on Robert L. Stivers, ed., Reformed Faith and Economics" [1993] id35563 3 12 Paper, "Competitiveness and Industrial Policy" [1994] id35564 3 13 Paper, "What Should Christian Economists Do? Doing Economics, But Differently" [1994] id35565 3 14 Paper, "Why do Economists Disagree?" [1998] id35566 3 15 Papers: id35855 3 15 "Social Values and the Regulation of Business" [1998] id35856 3 15 "A New Approach to the General Education Economics Course" [2000] id35567 3 16 Paper, "Every Square Inch: Kuyperian Social Theory and Economics" [1999] id35568 3 17 Papers: id35857 3 17 "Environmental Policy for Business and Government," presented at an International Interdisciplinary Conference, Calvin College 2001 and 2003 id35858 3 17 "Christian Scholarship for Economic Policy" 2001 id35569 3 18 Paper, "Wasting Time and Wasting the Earth" [2002] id35570 3 19 Article, Freeman Magazine: "Do You Pay Too Much in Taxes?", 1-2 23 Apr 2002 id35571 3 20 id35859 3 20 Paper and article, "Learning from the Enron Debacle" 2002 id35860 3 20 Freeman Magazine: "The Scary Thing about Enron," 1-2 22 Aug 2002 id35572 3 21 Paper, "Clash of Civilizations and the Rules of the Global Economy" [2003] id35573 3 22 Paper, "Globalization, Ethics, and the Earth" 2004 id35574 3 23 Book review, "Poverty,Government, and the Meaning of Economics: A Discussion of Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, Bandow and Schindler, editors" [2004] id35575 3 24 Paper, "Creation Values and the Environment" [2005] id35576 3 25 Paper, "Financial Globalization and Crony Capitalism" 2005 id35577 3 26 Paper, "The Case Against Financial Globalization," presented at Twelfth World Congress of Social Economics [2007] id35578 3 27 Paper, "Christian Values and the Case against Financial Globalization" [2007] id35579 3 28 Article, Forum for Social Economics: "The Social Economics of Globalization," Fall, v. 36, 143-159 2007 id35580 3 29 Paper, "Rethinking the Costs of Economic Growth: Association for Social Economics Presidential Address" 2008 id35581 3 30 Paper, "Notes from the Revolution: Principles of a New Economics," presented at Baylor University 2009 id35582 3 31 Paper, "Financial Crisis and the Culture of Risk" [2009] id35583 3 32 Paper, "Theologians and Economics in Dialogue" [2010] id35584 4 id35585 4 1 Paper, "What are the Economists Arguing About?" undated id35586 4 2 Paper, "Globalization and Environmental Regulations" undated id35587 4 3 Paper, "A Theory of Consumer Boycotts" undated id35588 4 4 Paper, "The Two Crises of the Graduate Student" undated id35589 4 5 Papers: id35861 4 5 "Behavioral Interpretation of Welfare Propositions" undated id35862 4 5 "The Uses and Abuses of Mathematical Economics" undated id35590 4 6 Paper, "The Bohr-MacKay Complementarity Principle in Economics" undated id35591 4 7 Paper, "Ronald Reagan, Regulatory Reform, and Relief" undated id35592 4 8 Paper, "The Myth of the Scientific University" undated id35593 4 9 id35863 4 9 Paper: "Bach and the Parish Organist" undated id35864 4 9 Book review: "Bach Among the Theologians by Jaroslav Pelikan, Fortress Press, 1986. 158 pp. $?" undated id35594 4 10 Book reviews: id35865 4 10 "The Deindustrialization of America by Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison (Basic Books, 1983, 323 pp., $19.95)" [1983] id35866 4 10 "The U.S. Steel Industry in Recurrent Crisis by Robert W. Crandall (Brookings Institution, 1981, 184 pp., $?)" undated id35595 4 11 Book review, "The Great Depression of 1990 by Ravi Batra. Simon and Schuster. 1987. 235 pp. $117.95" undated id35596 4 12 Book reviews: id35867 4 12 "Review of 'Economics and the Parable of Jesus" undated id35868 4 12 "Review of proposal for Economic Justice in the Shadow of the Cross" undated id35597 4 13 Book review, "Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy, Daniel M. Hausman and Michael S. McPherson, Cambridge (UK) and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996" [1997] id35598 4 14 Book review, "Comments on 'Ethics and the Protection of Nature: Religion, Science, and Economics,' by Cornelis van Kooten" undated id35599 Academic materials 1968-2009 id35600 4 id35601 4 15 Curriculum Vitae [1983?] id35602 4 16 Papers written for history courses at Oberlin College 1968-1972 id35603 4 17 Papers written for philosophy courses at Oberlin College 1969-1971 id35604 4 18 Papers written for studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1971-1973 id35605 4 19 Materials and notes, Businesses' Role and Responsibility in Modern Society conference at Catholic University, Washington, DC Jun 1976 id35606 4 20 Reports: id35869 4 20 "Economics and Business Department Facilities Committee Report" [1982] id35870 4 20 "Rationale and Objectives for the Analytical Economics Component of the Business Major Program" 1982 id35871 4 20 Proposal response, i.e., Response to the PAP Proposal, Personnel Committee undated id35607 4 21 List, "Activities in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service, 1975-1983" [1983] id35608 4 22 Reports, Self-evaluations 1983-1984 id35609 4 23 Examinations, Economics 334 1983-2009 id35610 4 24 Course booklet, "Readings for Economics W 10" 1995 id35611 4 25 Course booklet, Economics: A Developmental Approach 1996 id35612 4 26 Sabbatical applications 1989, 1997 id35613 4 27 Committee minutes, Environmental Stewardship Committee 2002-2005 id35614 4 28 Sabbatical report 2006