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By Emily Koelzer, Jen Vos
Collection Overview
Abstract
Dr. Davis Young is a professor emeritus of Calvin University who taught Geology, Geography, and Environment from 1978-2004. This collection contains correspondence, papers, reviews, lectures, and manuscripts relating to Dr. Young’s career and area of academic expertise.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains correspondence, papers, reviews, lectures, and manuscripts relating to Dr. Young’s career and area of academic expertise. It is notable in that it contains a fairly comprehensive view on Young’s thoughts and research on geology and its impact on the Christian faith including his views on evolution versus creation.
Collection Historical Note
Dr. Davis Young is a professor emeritus of Calvin University who taught Geology, Geography, and Environment from 1978-2004. He is the son of Lillian and Dr. Edward J. Young, who was a professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia from 1936 until his death in 1968.
Before teaching at Calvin, Dr. Davis Young earned his B.S.E. at Princeton University (1962), his M.S. at Pennsylvania State University (1965), and Ph.D. at Brown University (1969). He taught at New York University from 1968-1973 and at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington from 1973-1978.
Dr. Young has written and co-authored several books and publications about geology and its relationship to Christian faith.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
7 boxes
Acquisition Source:
Davis Young
Acquisition Method:
Donation
Box and Folder Listing
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- Folder 1: Reviews: The Bible, Rocks and Time by Young and Stearley --- 2008
- Folder 2: Reviews: The Biblical Flood by Davis Young --- 1995
- Folder 3: Reviews: N.L. Bowen and Crystallization-Differentiation: The Evolution of a Theory by Davis Young
- Folder 4: Reviews: John Calvin and the Natural World by Davis Young --- 2007
- Folder 5: Reviews: Christianity and the Age of the Earth by Davis Young --- 1982
- Folder 6: Reviews: Creation and Flood by Davis Young --- 1977
- Folder 7: Reviews: Portraits of Creation by Young, Van Til, Snow, and Stek --- 1990
- Folder 8: Reviews: Mind Over Magma by Davis Young --- 2003
- Folder 9: Reviews: Science Held Hostage by Young, Van Til, and Menninga --- 1988
- Folder 10: Book Reviews
- Folder 11: Kornerupine Analyses: Presmatine -Mase Mt, NJ
- Folder 12: Microprobe Analysis
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