COLL/534 Guide to the Leonard Sweetman Jr. Collection Sweetman Jr., Leonard Collection Finding Aid Authors: Ed Gerritsen, February 2014.

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Guide to the Leonard Sweetman Jr. Collection 1951/2002 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Leonard Sweetman Jr. Collection 1951-2002, undated COLL/534 Sweetman Jr., Leonard, 1924- 0.50 1 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
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.

Other Information:

Acc. No. 04.40, 04.44

Biographical Information:

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).

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id37956 [General Materials] id37957 1 id37958 1 1 Course Papers 1954 id37991 1 1 “Millhands and Preachers" id37992 1 1 “The Heart of the Matter" id37993 1 1 “St. Francis Xavier" id37959 Articles id37960 1 id37961 1 2 "Toward More Biblical Studies," "The Gospel History," Reformed Journal 1951-1961 id37962 1 3 De Wachter 1961 id37963 1 4 "A Dutch Voice on Inspiration," "Illiterates, Theologians and Jesus," Reformed Journal 1960-1967 id37964 1 5 "The Biblical Concept of the Mission of the Church," The Japan Quarterly 1961 id37965 1 6 "What is Biblical Theology?" "The Hour Cometh and Now Is," Reformed Journal 1965 id37966 1 7 "Models of Man," Church Educators Journal May 1971 id37967 1 8 Report 36: "Room within Boundaries" Mar 1972 id37968 1 9 "Biblical Authority," Reformed Journal Apr 1972 id37969 1 10 "Church Responds to Charismatic Question" Oct 1973 id37970 1 11 "Taxi Driver and the Savage Cinema" Nov 1977 id37971 1 12 "By Grace Rescued from Despair," Calvinist Contact May 1978 id37972 1 13 "A Substitute Faith," "Christianity and Mysticism," Reformed Journal 1977-1978 id37973 1 14 "Thinking about the Reformed Faith," Reformed Journal Sep 1981 id37974 1 15 "Floating World" Mar 1981 id37975 1 16 "Gandhi, Symbol of Non-Violence," Banner Aug 1983 id37976 1 17 "Masakhana: Let us build Each Other, Reformed Review 1995 id37977 1 18 "To Leave the Church is to be in the Church," Perspectives Jan 1996 id37978 1 19 "Evolution of a Young Friesen Boy," "Children of the Day," Origins 1998 and 2002 id37979 1 20 "God's Unexpected and Surprising News," Dutch International Society Magazine Dec 1999 id37980 Book Reviews id37981 1 id37982 1 21 Banner Book undated id37983 1 22 "Stories of the Hindus" undated id37984 1 23 Litany for Dedication of Meeter Center for Calvin Studies May 1982 id37985 1 24 "Jesus Son of Man," "Mysticism in the World Religions" undated id37986 1 25 Paper: "Self-Affirmation and Self-Denial in John Calvin" undated id37987 1 26 Paper: "History and the Gospels" undated id37988 1 27 Speech: "What in the World is Happening?" Greenville, MI 1979 id37989 1 28 Book: "From Heart to Heart," edited by Sweetman undated id37990 1 29 Lectures on Hinduism and Buddhism Give at Congregation Ahavas Israel and River Terrace Church 1984, 1992