Books by Dordt Authors

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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Navigating Reformed Identity in the Rural Dutch Republic

Kyle J. Dieleman

Through an examination of Dutch Reformed church records and theological texts, Kyle Dieleman explores the local dynamics of religious life in the early modern Dutch Republic. The book argues that within the religiously plural setting of the Dutch Republic church ... View More
Language Translation in Localizing Religious Musical Practice

John MacInnis and Jeremy Perigo

The focus of this Special Issue is language translation in the process of localizing religious musical practice. As an alternative to related concepts (such as contextualization and indigenization), musical localization is presented by ethnomusicologists Monique Ingalls, Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg, and ... View More
Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture

Justin Bailey

Whether we interpret Scripture or culture, it matters what we do, not just what we think or feel. How do we live with our interpretation, and how do we live it out? This book helps us understand how culture forms ... View More
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers

Ethan Brue, Derek Schuurman, and Steven H. VanderLeest

Our technology shapes the way we live, interact, work, play, and even worship. Technology and its power are both old and new―as is the wisdom we need to envision, design, build, and use it well. For Christians passionate about developing ... View More
Introduction to Statistical Investigations (2nd ed.)

Nathan L. Tintle, Beth L. Chance, George W. Cobb, Allan J. Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd M. Swanson, and Jill L. Vander Stoep

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 ... View More
reimagining apologetics

Justin Bailey

For many Christians, the traditional approach of apologetics has grown stale. In light of the current secular climate, as described by Charles Taylor and others, rhetorical strategies that previously served the church and apologists well are no longer effective. Justin ... View More
Creator and Creation According to Calvin on Genesis

Rebekah Earnshaw

In this book the author offers a new theological reading of Calvin's Genesis commentary and sermons, with an eye to systematic interests.

This analysis is presented in four chapters: The Creator, The Agent and Act of Creation, Creatures, and Providence. ... View More
Intermediate Statistical Investigations

Nathan L. Tintle, Beth L. Chance, Karen McGaughey, Soma Roy, Todd M. Swanson, and Jill L. Vander Stoep

In students' first course in Statistics, the focus was on learning about the process of conducting statistical investigations, most likely investigating research questions involving one variable or the association between two variables. This involved (1) identifying a research question, (2) ... View More
Introduction to Statistical Investigations (AP ed.)

Nathan L. Tintle, Ruth E. Carver, Beth L. Chance, George W. Cobb, Allan J. Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd M. Swanson, and Jill L. Vander Stoep

This is a standalone textbook. Introduction to Statistical Investigations 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 ... View More
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 ... View More
Kerst: Zeven Preken van C.H. Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon and Leendert van Beek

This book is a translation of Spurgeon's Christmas: Seven Sermons into the Dutch language by faculty member Leendert van Beek.
A Spiral Approach to Financial Mathematics

Nathan L. Tintle, Nathan Schelhaas, and Todd Swanson

A Spiral Approach to Financial Mathematics lays a foundation of intuitive analysis of financial concepts early in the course, followed by a more detailed and nuanced treatment in later chapters. It introduces major financial concepts through real situations, integrates active ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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. ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More
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 ... View More