Nicholas Wolterstorff Collection, 1951-2016 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Title: Nicholas Wolterstorff Collection, 1951-2016

ID: COLL/335

Primary Creator: Wolterstorff, Nicholas (1932-)

Extent: 5.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of philosophy at Calvin College and at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. The collection includes articles, lectures, addresses, pamphlets, editorials, book reviews, and periodical clippings. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Biographical Note

Nicholas Wolterstorff was born January 21, 1932 in Bigelow, Minnesota. Wolterstorff attended Calvin College where he earned his B.A. in philosophy in 1953. He went on to earn his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard, Wolterstorff worked as a lecturer in the Philosophy department at Yale University. In 1959 Wolterstorff returned to his alma mater, Calvin College, this time as faculty. Wolterstorff served the college as professor of philosophy until 1989, when he accepted the role of Noah Porter Professor Philosophical Theology at Yale University. He remained at Yale University until his retirement in 2002.

During his academic career Wolterstoff served as president of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, and as president of the Society of Christian Philosophers. Wolterstoff has written over 150 articles and published 16 books. Wolterstorf's main interests include epistemology, aesthetics, and political philosophy. Next to writing, Wolterstorff is a gifted lecturer. Wolterstorff has held endowed lectureships at several universities.

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 11 Boxes

Related Materials: James Den Boer Collection

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal papers and correspondence, 1956-2002],
[Series 2: Published work, 1960-2013, n.d.],
[Series 3: Sermons and chapel talks, 1975-2012, n.d.],
[Series 4: Research papers, 1951-2012, n.d.],
[Series 5: Speeches, 1966-2015, n.d.],
[Series 6: Lectures, 1976-2016, n.d.],
[Series 7: Course files, 1952-2001, n.d.],
[Series 8: Miscellany, 1950s-1986, n.d.],
[All]

Series 6: Lectures --- 1976-2016, n.d.

Box 6

Folder 36: CPOL Courses --- 1976 and 1989
Folder 37: "Why We Worship as We Do," Church of the Servant --- 1980 and 1994
Folder 38: Minister's Institution on Liturgy --- 1983
Folder 39: "Liturgy and Justice," Manhattan Presbyterian Church --- 1985
Folder 40: Seminar on Ideology of Autonomous Art --- 1985
Folder 41: South Africa at First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, MI --- 1986
Folder 42: "Are Concept-Users World Makers?" --- 1987
Folder 43: Aesthetics Course --- 1988
Folder 44: Liturgy Conference at Calvin --- 1989
Folder 45: "Living With Grief," Fuller Symposium --- 1993
Folder 46: "Utility or Meaning," University of Amsterdam --- 1994
Folder 47: Saint Andrews University --- 1995
Folder 48: "Lament as a Part of Life," Calvin January Series --- 1996
Folder 49: "From Presence to Practice," St. Andrews University --- 1997

Box 7

Folder 1: Stone "Dual Citizenship, Dual Nationality" --- 1998
Folder 2: "Divine Impossibility" Course, Yale --- 1998
Folder 3: "Does Religion Belong in Public Debate?" Minneapolis, MN --- 1998
Folder 4: "This is my Window Onto the World," Commencement Greenville College, 2000, Kings College --- 1999
Folder 5: Southern Baptist University --- 1999
Folder 6: Westmont College --- 1999
Folder 7: Notre Dame --- 1995, 1997, 2000
Folder 8: "Theological Hermeneutics" Course, Yale --- 2000
Folder 9: "Concept of God" Course, Yale --- 2001
Folder 10: "Justice: Divine and Human," San Francisco Theological Seminary --- 2001
Folder 11: "The Arts, Aesthetic Theory, and Practice of Christian Worship," Calvin College --- 2002
Folder 12: Conference "On God and the Ethics of Belief," Yale University --- 2002
Folder 13: "Why Integration of Faith and Learning is Not a Good Idea," Redeemer College --- 2003
Folder 14: "Memorial Art and the Lincoln Image," Yale Divinity School --- 2004
Folder 15: "What is the Reformed Perspective on Christian Higher Education?" Geneva College --- 2004
Folder 16: "Can Life in Business Still be a Calling?" Richmond, VA --- 2004
Folder 17: Seminar on Justice, Flourishing, and Natural Rights - Notre Dame --- 2004
Folder 18: Cultural Renewal K. Frederickson Art Gallery, NYC --- 2004
Folder 19: "What Use is Philosophy?" Free University of Amsterdam --- 2004
Folder 20: "How My Mind Has Changed," Gordon College --- 2005
Folder 21: "How My Mind Has Changed in Thinking About Christian Education," Lexington Academy --- 2005
Folder 22: Dordt College on Justice --- 2005
Folder 23: "Religion in the Academy and in the Political Order" --- 2005

Box 8

Folder 1: "The Spirituality of Politics," Capetown, South Africa --- 2005
Folder 2: "Roles and Challenges of Christian Higher Education in the 20th Century," "The Place of Education in the Humanities in Christian Higher Education," Busan, Korea --- 2006
Folder 3: "Understanding Grief," and "Living With Grief," Louisville Presbyterian Seminary --- 2007
Folder 4: "Why Justice Matters," University of Oklahoma --- 2009
Folder 5: "Nurturing Academic Enterprise: Creating and Sustaining Great Scholarship on Our Campuses," CCCU Convention --- 2010
Folder 6: "Setting the Biblical/Theological Stage for 'Such as These,'" Dallas, TX --- 2011
Folder 7: "The Calling of the Christian Scholar," Baylor University --- 2011
Folder 8: "Engaging the University as Christians," University of Chicago --- 2011
Folder 9: Bavinck Conference "Herman Bavinck- Proto Reformed Epistemologist" --- 2012
Folder 10: "Can We Be Good Without Religion?" Crandall University --- 2012
Folder 11: "The Erosion of the Moral Foundations of the American Way of Life," US Naval Academy --- 2013
Folder 12: "Liberal Democracy and Its Theoretical Foundations," Institute for Advanced Studies --- 2013
Folder 13: "Liberal Democracies and Religion," Institute for Advanced Studies --- 2013
Folder 14: "Does Fides Quaerens Intellectum Have a Place in the Contemporary University?" --- 2014
Folder 15: "Worship that Announces, Exhibits, and Shapes Reconciliation," Calvin Worship Symposium --- 2015
Folder 16: "The Renaissance of Christian Thought," January Series at Calvin College --- 2016
Folder 17: "Reason Within the Bounds of Religion" --- n.d.
Folder 18: "The House of Theory Has No Foundation" --- n.d.
Folder 19: "Reflections on Future Directions for the Christian College," Wheaton College --- n.d.
Folder 20: P. Pettit Book - "Judging Justice" --- n.d.
Folder 21: "The Unconditioned God" --- n.d.
Folder 22: "Remembering and Renewing" --- n.d.
Folder 23: "Christian Philosophy of Art" --- n.d.
Folder 24: "The Authorities are God's Servants" --- n.d.
Folder 25: "Leven en Geloven in een Postmoderne Cultuur," given in Netherlands --- n.d.
Folder 26: "The Response of the Christian Tradition" --- n.d.
Folder 27: "Christian Scholarship in the 21st Century: Prospects and Perils," Biola University --- n.d.
Folder 28: "From Liberal to Plural: Religion, Epistemology, and Politics" --- n.d.
Folder 29: "Aquinas on God's Invulnerable and Imperturbable Happiness" --- n.d.
Folder 30: Liturgy, unidentified and --- n.d.
Folder 31: Calvin Seminary on Liturgy --- n.d.
Folder 32: Lecture on Nationalism --- n.d.
Folder 33: Five Unidentified Lectures --- n.d.