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Lewis B. Smedes Collection, 1953-1998 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Title: Lewis B. Smedes Collection, 1953-1998

ID: COLL/234

Primary Creator: Smedes, Lewis B. (1921-2002)

Extent: 1.0 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of theology and ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, and author. The collection includes commencement address; correspondence; and articles on various topics including divorce, abortion, witnessing, death, and homosexuality.

Biographical Note

Lewis Benedictus Smedes was born in Muskegon, Michigan on August 20, 1921. Smedes attended Calvin College and Seminary, earning his Th.B. in 1950.  He went on to earn his Th.D. from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1954. Also in 1954, Smedes accepted the call from Madison Ave. CRC in Paterson, New Jersey where he was ordained. Smedes served the church until 1957, when he accepted a faculty position from his alma mater, Calvin College. He would serve the college as professor of Bible until 1970. He had a brief stint teaching at the Free University from 1968 to 1969.

In 1970 Smedes accepted a teaching position at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He taught in the Seminary's Department of Theology and Ethics until 1989. He went on to serve the Seminary as a professor of Psychology until his retirement in 1995.

Outside the classroom, Smedes was also known as an acclaimed writer. He had published 15 books, including Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve and The Art of Forgiving. The professor and author, Smedes was named a Distinguished Alumni from Calvin College in 1985. In 2002 Smedes suffered from a fatal head injury. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Doris (Dekker) and 3 children.


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[Series 1: Articles, 1952-1989],
[Series 2: Correspondence, 1953-1987],
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Series 1: Articles --- 1952-1989
Box 1
Folder 1: Shelf list; bibliography; brochure from "The National Convocation of Christian Leaders, 1982: Articles from The Reformed Journal, 1952-1969
Folder 2: Articles from The Reformed Journal --- 1970-1989
Folder 3: Article "Like the Wideness of the Sea" --- 1999
Folder 4: "Men and Missions," articles from the Missionary Monthly --- 1957
Folder 5: Nature of the Church and Some Problems in Evangelism [HERH BV3795.S56] --- 1958
Folder 6: Commencement address, "Keeping Hope Alive" --- 1998
Series 2: Correspondence --- 1953-1987
Box 1
Folder 7: 1953-1957
Folder 8: 1958-1964
Folder 9: 1965-1966
Folder 10: 1967-1968
Folder 11: 1969
Folder 12: 1970
Folder 13: 1971
Folder 14-15: 1972
Folder 16: 1973
Box 2
Folder 1-3: 1974
Folder 4-5: 1975
Folder 6: 1976
Folder 7-8: 1977-1978
Folder 9: 1979-1980
Folder 10: 1981
Folder 11: 1982-1983
Folder 12: 1984
Folder 13: 1985-2000
Folder 14: Memorial service, paper copy and CD --- 20 Dec 2002

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