This book gallery showcases monographs written or edited by the Dordt College community. Where available, we've provided a link for purchasing a printed copy of the selected work or finding it in a library near you.
Members of the Dordt community may check any of these books out from the John and Louise Hulst Library. Otherwise, please you use your library's Interlibrary Loan program to request them from us.
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On Islam
Abraham Kuyper, James D. Bratt, Douglas A. Howard, and Jan van Vliet
Part travelogue, part cultural critique, On Islam presents a European imperialist seeing firsthand the damage colonialism had caused and the value of a religion he had never truly understood. Here, Kuyper's doctrine of common grace shines as he displays a nuanced and respectful understanding of the Muslim world. Though
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Sound Stewardship: How Shall Christians Think about Music?
Karen DeMol
In Sound Stewardship, Karen DeMol presents an understanding of music as rooted in creation and an overview of the implications of the realities of Creation, Fall, redemption, and the coming Eschaton for music. Intended for music-makers and music-lovers and for those who make decisions about music in worship and
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Holding Together
Eric Forseth
My mother lived an amazingly full life, even though she struggled with Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) for twenty-four years. For many years I've considered writing a book about my family's experiences as the nine of us sought to cope with the consequence of her illness. When my wife Kim was
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Coaching the RPO Offense
Rich Hargitt and Joel Penner
Coaching the RPO Offense provides step-by-step, detailed information on why and how to implement run/pass option concepts (RPOs). The book explores the difference between approaching the RPO offense from a spread option mindset and from an air raid mindset. The authors have packaged their expertise and experience in their
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Coaching Teacher-Writers: Practical Steps to Nurture Professional Writing
Troy Hicks, Anne Elrod Whitney, James Fredricksen, and Leah A. Zuidema
When teachers write, good things can happen; writing helps educators to better understand themselves, as well as students, parents, and colleagues. This practical book illustrates how to encourage, lead, and sustain teacher-writers, especially in group contexts. In contrast to guides on writing and teacher research, this book is designed
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Paul's Language of Zēlos: Monosemy and the Rhetoric of Identity and Practice
Benjamin J. Lappenga
In Paul’s Language of Ζῆλος, Benjamin Lappenga harnesses linguistic insights recently formulated within the framework of relevance theory to argue that within the letters of Paul (specifically Galatians, 1-2 Corinthians, and Romans), the ζῆλος word group is monosemic. Linking the responsible treatment of lexemes in the interpretive process with
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Up the Hill
James C. Schaap
Up the Hill by James Calvin Schaap is inspirational literary fiction, a series of interconnected short stories about how the dead handle being spirits in a world that continues on without them, but also with them. Narrated by the town's former newspaper editor, a spirit whose home is now
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Crafting the Feedback Teachers Need and Deserve: A Guide for Leaders
Thomas M. Van Soelen
Crafting the Feedback Teachers Need and Deserve illuminates an often overlooked aspect of educational leadership: providing quality written feedback. This resource offers context, purpose, and techniques on how to capture and write beneficial feedback. Proven in school districts, Van Soelen’s strategies will accelerate improvement in classroom practice and result
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Poetic Youth Ministry: Learning to Love Young People by Letting Them Go
Jason Lief
Current research shows what many in the Christian community already know: young people are leaving the church. This raises important questions: Why are young people leaving? How can the church respond? Some have responded to this issue out of a posture of fear and anxiety, trying to find new
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Reading Mother Teresa: A Calvinist Looks Lovingly at "The Little Bride of Christ"
James C. Schaap
Mother Teresa's dedicated love for the poor of Calcutta brought her admirers from around the world. Millions loved her, none more than the forgotten she felt called to serve. But few had any idea that her love for God seemed at times unrequited, that "the little bride of Christ"
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Political World of Bob Dylan: Freedom and Justice, Power and Sin
Jeff Taylor and Chad Israelson
This is the definitive book on the politics of Bob Dylan. It comprehensively examines his relationship with contemporary social, political, and religious cultures. Generally associated with the New Left politics of the 1960s, Dylan's political worldview transcends that narrow description. The ideas he has expressed in songs and interviews
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Introduction to Statistical Investigations
Nathan L. Tintle, Beth L. Chance, George Cobb, Allan Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd Swanson, and Jill L. VanderStoep
This book leads students to learn about the process of conducting statistical investigations from data collection, to exploring data, to statistical inference, to drawing appropriate conclusions. The text is designed for a one-semester introductory statistics course.
It focuses on genuine research studies, active learning, and effective use of technology.
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Exercising Our Worldview: Brief Essays on Issues from Technology to Art from One Christian's Perspective
Charles C. Adams
This book is a collection of 139 brief essays that originated as five-minute radio commentaries. Soon after coming to Dordt College in 1979, Adams established a habit of writing for the “Plumbline” program on the college’s radio station (KDCR 88.5 FM), the last of which was broadcast early on
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Up the Hill
James C. Schaap
Up the Hill by James Calvin Schaap is inspirational literary fiction, a series of interconnected short stories about how the dead handle being spirits in a world that continues on without them, but also with them. Narrated by the town's former newspaper editor, a spirit whose home is now
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On Kuyper: A Collection of Readings on the Life, Work & Legacy of Abraham Kuyper
Steve Bishop and John H. Kok
Abraham Kuyper, theologian, church reformer, politician, journalist, statesman, prime minister, founder of a church denomination, a university, and a political party, was born in Maassluis in the nineteenth century, he died in The Hague in the twentieth century, but his impact and legacy stretch well into the twenty-first century.
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Futurity in Phenomenology: Promise and Method in Husserl, Lévinas, and Derrida
Neal DeRoo
From Husserl’s account of protention to the recent turn to eschatology in “theological” phenomenology, the future has always been a key aspect of phenomenological theories of time. This book offers the first sustained reflection on the significance of futurity for the phenomenological method itself. In tracing the development of
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Northwoods Hymnal
Luke Hawley
The Northwoods Hymnal is full of stories about connecting and coping, hoping that a little community will keep out the cold of winter. Hawley's characters, from young punk rockers to tight-permed, white-haired women, accomplish that in a myriad of ways: drizzling the world in almond bark, a sauna, and
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Vivid: Deepening Your Colors
Sydney J. Hielema and Aaron Baart
Focusing on the three key themes of identity, kingdom, and calling, Vivid is an excellent resource for church small group discussion, profession of faith study, new member classes, or personal reflection.
While staying true to Reformed doctrine, the authors intentionally avoided using jargon so that the book would be
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Politics on a Human Scale: The American Tradition of Decentralism
Jeff Taylor
Featuring a foreword by Congressman Glen Browder, Politics on a Human Scale examines political decentralization in the United States, from the founding of the republic to the present.
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Rise of Reformed System: The Intellectual Heritage of William Ames
Jan van Vliet
This unique and persuasive work establishes the significance of the thought of Puritan William Ames (1576-1633) in deepening and systematizing established Reformation teaching on Christian doctrine and life in a way that ensured its subsequent development through the early modern period and beyond
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Crossroads of Poverty and Prosperity: The Impact of Religious Beliefs and Worldviews on Economic Outcomes
John Visser
The Crossroads of Poverty and Prosperity carefully investigates how both secular and religious beliefs - and the values emanating from them - may well be the ultimate arbiters of both poverty and prosperity. After summarizing research on the relationship between religious beliefs and economic outcomes, it provides an easy-to-understand
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Christian Education: Issues of the Day
John B. Hulst
Dealing with Christian education on a variety of levels, these twelve addresses delivered between 1971 and 1999 document John Hulst's ongoing desire to contribute to and celebrate the "spiritual direction" and "educational excellence" of Christian schools and colleges committed to a biblical, Reformed perspective on Christian education.
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Illuminated Manuscript
David Schelhaas
In his latest book of poetry from Dordt College Press, Dave Schelhaas celebrates the Creator and creation with thirty-seven original poems. In some poems he ruminates on his years as an assistant English professor at Dordt, while in others he chronicles the changes he sees in weather and in
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Proclaiming Christian Education: Let Children Come to Me
Jay Shim
Proclaiming Christian Education is a set of two books written in the Korean language, one for children and one for teachers using the book for children. Following the theme of “Creation, Fall, Redemption,” the books teach children about God and help them see that they have value and important
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Acquainted with the Light
Mike Vanden Bosch
Mike Vanden Bosch remembers how, as a young boy growing up on a farm in Iowa, he heard news of World War II. He also has memories of the hardworking farmers who lived nearby, and he recalls the wild animals he encountered on a daily basis. He has, in