This book gallery showcases monographs written or edited by the Dordt University 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 use your library's Interlibrary Loan program to request them from us.
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Near Unto God
James C. Schaap and Abraham Kuyper
With a sure hand and a passion for preserving the essential Kuyper, James C. Schaap has pared away the complex language of a century-old translation of the original Dutch text "Nabij God te Zijn" (1908) to reveal the heart of ... View More
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God of Material Things
David Schelhaas
The God of Material Things is a book of poems, many of which Schelhaas says he found along the streets of Sioux Center while walking to work each morning over the course of nearly 20 years.
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Fostering a Reflective Culture in the Christian School: The Maplewood Story
John Van Dyk
In an engaging and conversational style, Van Dyk tells the fictional story of his sabbatical as a consultant in a Christian school. Each of the short 40 chapters highlights an aspect of the school calendar: from planning for the first ... View More
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Crossing Over: Stories of Asian Refugee Christians
James C. Schaap
These are some of the stories of Southeast Asian refugees that came to Iowa under Governor Robert E. Ray's leadership in the early 1980s and as the years passed came to know Christ and the Christian community in and around ... View More
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Doorkeeper In God's Household: The Memoirs of John B. Hulst
John B. Hulst
A Doorkeeper in God's Household is an important historical document as it chronicles the nearly thirty years that John Hulst served at Dordt College--as College Pastor, Theology Professor, Dean of Students, Vice President for Student Affairs and, finally, College President. ... View More
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Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History
Keith C. Sewell
This book examines successive stages in the development of the thought of Sir Herbert Butterfield in relation to fundamental issues in the science of history. In a carefully nuanced way it lays bare the unspoken motivations and hidden tensions in ... View More
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Celebrating the Vision : The Reformed Perspective of Dordt College
John H. Kok
This jubilee volume of collected essays celebrates Dordt College's first fifty years of service in the Kingdom of God. Dordt College exists to help students grow in wisdom and insight with an eye to a flourishing life in God's world. ... View More
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Angling in the English Stream: 100 Ordinary English Words: Caught, Filleted, and Served Up in Tasty Little Essays
David Schelhaas
“Words can be as slippery as minnows,” says Schelhaas. “No matter how we try to squeeze them into our hands and make them stay put, they refuse. In my own short life I have seen a number of words dramatically ... View More
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Marginal Resistance: Essays Dedicated to John C. Vander Stelt
John H. Kok
Eighteen friends, colleagues, and former students contribute to this volume honoring Dr. Vander Stelt, professor of philosophy and theology at Dordt College. Their topics range from engineering and sociology to aesthetics and hermeneutics. Many address the vocation and challenges of ... View More
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Boy in the Wind
Mike Vanden Bosch
A collection of poems exploring the wonders of boyhood, of faith, and of death. Some poems show the antics of the devout, while others show the wiles of the devilish. Two ballads spin comical tales, while many shorter poems in ... View More
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Craft of Christian Teaching: A Classroom Journey
John Van Dyk
Van Dyk answers the ultimate question, 'How does one really teach Christianly?' Reading this book is like taking a journey, a stimulating walk into one's own classroom to practice Christian teaching for discipleship.
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Physical Education, Sports, and Wellness: Looking to God as We Look at Ourselves
John Byl and Thomas L. Visker
A collection of twenty papers and presentations given at the Conference on Christianity, Sport, Leisure, and Wellness over a four-year period. Christian professionals discuss theoretical and practical concepts related to leisure and sport.
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Patterns of the Western Mind: A Reformed Christian Perspective
John H. Kok
Patterns of the Western Mind provides an accessible overview and evaluation of some heartfelt, history-making, theory-laden responses in the West to the Word and works of God over the course of time. In addition, while standing on some of the ... View More
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Our Family Album: The Unfinished Story of the Christian Reformed Church
James C. Schaap
Author James C. Schaap presents a compelling history in this narrative that weaves a rich tapestry of insights into the past, present, and future of the Christian Reformed Church.
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Letters to Lisa: Conversations with a Christian Teacher
John Van Dyk
In this conversation on education, Van Dyk considers that teaching Christianly may well be the hardest job in the universe. Everything learned in the teacher education program has to be relearned in the day-to-day practice of teaching children. All the ... View More
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Impact of Evolutionary Theory: A Christian View
Russell Maatman
Written for both the Christian scholar and the lay reader, Maatman analyzes the foundations of evolutionary theory and the influence of an evolutionistic worldview on a wide range of subjects, from psychology to art.
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Vollenhoven: His Early Development
John H. Kok
Dirk H. Th. Vollenhoven (1892-1978) was Professor of Philosophy at the Free University in Amsterdam from 1926 to 1963. Although his vision and work continue to influence many within the Reformed tradition, little has ever been written about his philosophical ... View More
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History of Dordt College: The B.J. Haan Years
Mike Vanden Bosch
This book traces the history of Dordt College from its beginnings with the closing of Iowa’s Grundy College in 1934 through the retirement of Dordt’s first president, Reverend B.J. Haan, in 1981.
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The Beginning of Wisdom: The Nature and Task of the Christian School
John Van Dyk
This booklet was commissioned by Christian Schools International (CSI) at the suggestion of the CSI Task Force. It was written by Dr. John Van Dyk, professor of philosophy at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa.
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Bibliography of Christianity and Mathematics, 1910-1983
Gene B. Chase and Calvin Jongsma
Annotated bibliography of approximately 300 articles and books available on the topic of Christianity and mathematics.
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Unity in Creation
Russell Maatman
Explains the idea of unity in the physical sciences and how this unity is consistent with the Christian faith. Readable by both scientists and non-scientists, and especially recommended for science educators.
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Pocket of Civility: A History of Sioux Center
Mike Vanden Bosch
A history of Sioux Center, Iowa from 1891 to 1976.
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Bible, Natural Science, And Evolution
Russell Maatman
This book deals with a real and difficult subject -- the relation between science and the Christian faith. The position of the author is that there are only two fundamental approaches to this question: that of the Christian and that ... View More
