Lynn Japinga Contributes Chapter to Book
Dr. Lynn Japinga, associate professor of religion at Hope College, wrote a chapter in the book "Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics."
In the book, 13 feminist and womanist scholars committed to the Reformed tradition reflect on the meaning of its key theological concepts, including Scripture and tradition, the image of God, creation, providence, election and grace. "Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics" was published earlier this spring by Westminster John Knox Press of Louisville and London as part of the Columbia Series in Reformed Theology.
In her essay, "Fear in the Reformed Tradition," Japinga asks why the Reformed tradition expresses so much confidence in the grace and power of God, yet so often operates out of fear. She provides historical examples from several Reformed denominations of the fear of the Other (women, people of other races, and people who disagree), the fear of being wrong, and the fear of being irrelevant. She explores the way that fear has shaped the doctrines of God, election, sin and grace, and offers some insights from feminist and Reformed theology which may provide antidotes to fear.
Japinga has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1992, and specializes in the history of American religion and feminist theology. Her previous scholarly work includes the 1999 book "Feminism and Christianity: An Essential Guide," which introduces the themes and controversies of Christian feminism.
"Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics" was edited by Amy Plantinga Pauw and Serene Jones, who also contributed chapters to the book. In addition to Japinga, the other scholars with work in the volume include Dr. Leanne Van Dyk, who is a member of the faculty at Western Theological Seminary and delivered the college's Baccalaureate sermon in 2002.
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Lynn Japinga Contributes Chapter to Book
Dr. Lynn Japinga, associate professor of religion at Hope College, wrote a chapter in the book "Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics."
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Results of Hope/Albion/Tri-State Track & Field Meet
Women 100 Meter Dash=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Kuiper, Nora FR Hope College 12.64 1 2 Scott, Mishelle JR Hope College 13.07 1 3 Charnley, Autumn FR Albion 13.27 1 4 Quesada Lubbers, Sarah SR Hope College 13.40 1 5 Porada, Alyssa FR Albion 14.41 1 -- Williams, J.Q. SO Albion DQ 1 -- Shyne, Rebekah SR Hope College X13.34 2 -- Browne, Kelsey FR Hope College X13.77 2 -- Cortese, Brittany SO Albion X14.03 2 -- Vernon, Shadawn SO Albion X14.09 2 -- Carter, Arielle SO Albion X14.29 2 -- Scarlet, Johannah FR Albion X14.63 2 -- Edwards, Tangela SO Albion X15.87 2 Women 200 Meter Dash=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Scott, Mishelle JR Hope College 26.23 1 2 Kuiper, Nora FR Hope College 26.59 1 3 Charnley, Autumn FR Albion 27.16 1 4 Kopke, Kaitlyn FR Hope College 27.32 1 5 McGlothlin, Margot JR Albion 28.13 1 -- Williams, J.Q. SO Albion DQ 1 -- Shyne, Rebekah SR Hope College X27.50 2 -- Quesada Lubbers, Sarah SR Hope College X27.74 2 -- Browne, Kelsey FR Hope College X28.54 2 -- Cortese, Brittany SO Albion X29.94 2 -- Carter, Arielle SO Albion X30.02 1 -- Previch, Jessica FR Hope College X30.26 1 -- Scarlet, Johannah FR Albion X30.94 2 Women 400 Meter Dash================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Kopke, Kaitlyn FR Hope College 59.95 2 Kippley, Denay Hope College 1:01.40 3 Kibbey, Sarah FR Hope College 1:02.32 4 McGlothlin, Margot JR Albion 1:02.35 5 Johnston, Heather JR Albion 1:04.72 6 Anderson, Christina SR Albion 1:09.42 -- Previch, Jessica FR Hope College X1:08.94 Women 800 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Freshour, Kate FR Hope College 2:22.18 2 Radaz, Tiffany SR Albion 2:24.87 3 Hoyle, Monique SO Hope College 2:26.34 4 McGown, Megan SR Albion 2:41.73 5 Favors, Hanna SR Tri-State 2:48.48 -- Shannon, Katie FR Albion DQ -- Omanson, Sara JR Hope College DQ -- Oosterhouse, Elizabeth Hope College SCR Women 1500 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Tableman, Leslie JR Hope College 4:52.44 2 Omanson, Sara JR Hope College 5:07.12 3 McGown, Megan SR Albion 5:15.12 4 Babcock, Deanna SR Albion 5:15.76 5 Shannon, Katie FR Albion 5:21.71 6 Nyboer, Molly FR Hope College 5:30.29 -- Jackson, Laura FR Hope College X5:36.17 -- Stoney, Erica JR Albion X6:07.87 Women 3000 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Paradine, Shauna SO Albion 11:26.97 2 Favors, Hanna SR Tri-State 11:34.74 3 Peterson, Lisa SO Hope College 11:44.02 4 Kamer, Jennie SR Albion 11:49.86 5 Paul, Lauren JR Albion 11:53.16 6 Henn, Cayla SO Hope College 12:04.84 7 Schaedig, Laura SO Hope College 12:15.52 -- Snyder, MACKENZIE FR Hope College X12:29.80 -- Greving, Holly FR Hope College X12:36.54 -- Webster, Erin FR Hope College X13:37.20 -- Warner, Cory FR Hope College X13:37.23 Women 5000 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Howe, Alyson JR Albion 19:02.02 2 Fitzpatrick, Megan SO Albion 20:04.18 3 Multer, Sarah FR Hope College 20:18.40 4 Schornstein, Barbara SO Hope College 20:38.48 5 Dennisuk, Lauren SO Albion 20:58.54 -- Tableman, Leslie JR Hope College DQ -- Oleszkowicz, Carrie SO Albion X21:17.26 Women 100 Meter Hurdles================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Lange, Lindsay SO Hope College 15.52 2 Brown, Lindsay JR Albion 16.96 3 Hilton, Cortney FR Albion 17.26 4 Graudins, Viktorija SO Hope College 17.39 5 Vernon, Shadawn SO Albion 17.62 6 Moore, Lisa JR Hope College 18.09 -- Kaiser, Krystal JR Albion X18.76 Women 400 Meter Hurdles================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Graudins, Viktorija SO Hope College 1:10.47 2 Hilton, Cortney FR Albion 1:12.94 3 Kreuze, Elizabeth JR Hope College 1:14.38 4 Holdren, Erin SO Albion 1:17.51 5 Moore, Lisa JR Hope College 1:17.88 6 Kaiser, Krystal JR Albion 1:19.75 Women 4x100 Meter Relay================================================================================ School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Hope College 'A' 49.03 -- Albion 'A' DQ Women 4x400 Meter Relay================================================================================ School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Hope College 'A' 4:02.58 2 Albion 'A' 4:12.49 3 Hope College 'B' 4:18.73 Women High Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Lis, Christina FR Hope College 5-01.00 1.54m 2 Trepp, Britta JR Hope College 5-00.00 1.52m 3 Hilton, Cortney FR Albion 4-06.00 1.37m 4 Graudins, Viktorija SO Hope College 4-06.00 1.37m Women Pole Vault========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Vandermeer, Jennifer JR Hope College 12-00.00 3.65m 2 Warfield, Maureen SR Hope College 11-06.75 3.52m 3 Koopmans, Leah JR Hope College 10-00.00 3.04m 4 Brown, Lindsay JR Albion 9-00.00 2.74m 4 Babcock, Deanna SR Albion 9-00.00 2.74m 6 Porada, Alyssa FR Albion 8-06.00 2.59m -- Vandermeer, Emily FR Hope College X9-06.00 2.89m -- Borovsky, Laura SR Hope College xNo Data -- Woods, Rebekah FR Hope College X10-00.00 3.04m Women Long Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Lange, Lindsay SO Hope College 4.81m 15-09.50 2 Croad, Stephani FR Albion 4.64m 15-02.75 3 Kulka, Kelly SR Albion 4.58m 15-00.50 4 Kibbey, Sarah FR Hope College 4.38m 14-04.50 4 Borovsky, Laura SR Hope College 4.38m 14-04.50 6 Vernon, Shadawn SO Albion 3.29m 10-09.50 -- Edwards, Tangela SO Albion XDQ -- Wissner, Yvette FR Hope College X4.03m 13-02.75 Women Triple Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Kulka, Kelly SR Albion 9.96m 32-08.25 2 Graudins, Viktorija SO Hope College 9.66m 31-08.50 3 Croad, Stephani FR Albion 9.59m 31-05.75 4 Kibbey, Sarah FR Hope College 9.58m 31-05.25 5 Wissner, Yvette FR Hope College 8.43m 27-08.00 -- Scott, Mishelle JR Hope College X8.73m 28-07.75 Women Shot Put========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Lane, Tamara SO Albion 11.10m 36-05.00 2 Lange, Lindsay SO Hope College 10.13m 33-03.00 3 Morse, Jenna SO Albion 10.06m 33-00.25 4 Madison, Katherine SR Hope College 9.82m 32-02.75 5 Brandes, Anna FR Hope College 9.55m 31-04.00 6 Spencer, Katie FR Albion 9.52m 31-03.00 -- Vernon, Shadawn SO Albion X8.82m 28-11.25 -- Wendt, Rachel SO Hope College X9.28m 30-05.50 Women Discus Throw========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Spencer, Katie FR Albion 126-01.50 38.44m 2 Morse, Jenna SO Albion 125-08 38.30m 3 Lane, Tamara SO Albion 101-02.50 30.84m 4 Brandes, Anna FR Hope College 100-01.50 30.51m 5 Madison, Katherine SR Hope College 88-09.50 27.06m 6 Wendt, Rachel SO Hope College 65-01.50 19.85m Women Javelin Throw========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Tandy, Meghan SR Albion 108-01 32.94m 2 Lane, Tamara SO Albion 100-03 30.55m 3 Vernon, Shadawn SO Albion 89-09 27.35m 4 Schaedig, Laura SO Hope College 88-05.50 26.96m 5 Weber, Christine SR Hope College 86-01.50 26.25m 6 Brandes, Anna FR Hope College 84-10.50 25.86m -- Croad, Stephani FR Albion XDQ -- Scarlet, Johannah FR Albion X58-00 17.67m -- Porada, Alyssa FR Albion X68-05.50 20.86m Men 100 Meter Dash=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Williams, Ryan SR Albion 11.10 2 2 George, Erik SO Hope College 11.19 1 3 Kyriakopoulos, Nick SO Albion 11.22 2 4 Wilburn, Michael SO Hope College 11.39 2 4 Dunning, Anthony SO Albion 11.39 1 6 Hochstetler, Jason FR Tri-State 11.59 1 7 Radosevich, Kerry FR Tri-State 11.92 2 8 Anderson, Jade FR Hope College 12.05 2 9 Denham, Kraigh SO Tri-State 12.16 1 -- Heim, Brian FR Hope College XDQ 1 -- Narlock, Jonathon FR Hope College X11.98 1 -- Pierce, Casey SR Tri-State X12.45 1 -- Eisenhauer, Jake FR Tri-State X12.69 1 Men 200 Meter Dash=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Kyriakopoulos, Nick SO Albion 22.66 1 2 Williams, Ryan SR Albion 22.89 1 3 Dunning, Anthony SO Albion 22.96 1 4 George, Erik SO Hope College 23.19 1 5 Wilburn, Michael SO Hope College 23.49 1 6 Anderson, Jade FR Hope College 24.86 1 7 Pierce, Casey SR Tri-State 25.46 2 -- Hochstetler, Jason FR Tri-State DQ 1 -- Heim, Brian FR Hope College XDQ 2 -- Eisenhauer, Jake FR Tri-State DQ 1 -- Klyn, Kyle SO Albion X23.30 2 -- Narlock, Jonathon FR Hope College X24.70 2 -- Carlson, Blake FR Hope College X24.74 2 -- Gyuricza, Jordan SO Albion X25.23 2 Men 400 Meter Dash=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Krueger, Jerry JR Albion 50.22 1 2 Klyn, Kyle SO Albion 51.46 1 3 Shooks, Rob SO Hope College 52.43 1 4 Seymour, Joseph SO Hope College 53.46 1 5 Lozen, Matt SR Albion 54.06 2 6 Matuska, Landon JR Tri-State 54.40 1 7 Fulks, Tim SO Tri-State 54.56 1 8 Carlson, Blake FR Hope College 55.03 2 -- Stack, Ryan SR Albion X59.33 1 Men 800 Meter Run=================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals H# Points=================================================================================== 1 Weber, Jeff SR Hope College 1:57.63 1 2 Kenemer, Aaron JR Hope College 1:58.47 1 3 Silas, Zachary JR Albion 1:59.57 1 4 McCabe, Chris SO Albion 2:01.17 1 5 Frye, Sanders JR Hope College 2:01.54 2 6 Davenport, Austen SO Tri-State 2:06.04 1 7 Daniels, Curt FR Tri-State 2:07.05 1 8 Hurlock, Ryan SO Tri-State 2:14.37 1 -- Jbara, Jeffrey JR Albion DQ 1 -- Bailey, Robert FR Hope College X2:03.94 2 -- Weener, Seth SO Hope College X2:05.66 2 -- Todd, Jason SO Hope College X2:07.78 2 -- Ralston, James FR Hope College X2:08.71 2 -- Layman, Jeffrey JR Hope College X2:12.35 2 Men 1500 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Weber, Jeff SR Hope College 3:54.93 2 Kenemer, Aaron JR Hope College 4:03.17 3 McCabe, Chris SO Albion 4:05.30 4 Weener, Seth SO Hope College 4:08.64 5 Toennies, David SO Tri-State 4:09.14 6 Davenport, Austen SO Tri-State 4:16.92 7 Bosin, Doug FR Albion 4:21.42 8 Hurlock, Ryan SO Tri-State 4:40.17 -- Puffpaff, Jay SR Albion DQ -- Bailey, Robert FR Hope College X4:13.55 -- Ralston, James FR Hope College X4:16.35 Men 3000 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Terlouw, Ryan JR Hope College 8:39.11 2 Zendler, Nicholas SO Hope College 8:49.22 3 Puffpaff, Jay SR Albion 8:57.53 4 Kelly, Justin FR Albion 9:10.01 5 Daniels, Curt FR Tri-State 9:13.08 6 King, Zachary FR Hope College 9:25.79 7 Hogan, Josh FR Tri-State 9:30.93 8 Darany, Adam JR Albion 9:32.70 -- Blazek, Justin Hope College X9:26.76 -- Morrison, Carl FR Hope College X9:55.09 -- Moroz, Nick SR Albion X10:00.79 -- Gessinger, Alan FR Albion X10:14.17 Men 5000 Meter Run================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Sultz, Daniel SO Hope College 15:53.24 2 Bosin, Doug FR Albion 16:12.66 3 Richter, Clark SO Albion 16:28.71 4 Wilcox, Randall SO Albion 16:30.30 5 Murray, Tim FR Tri-State 16:45.63 6 Barnes, Kyle SR Hope College 17:24.43 7 Hogan, Jeremy SO Tri-State 18:48.68 -- Terlouw, Ryan JR Hope College DQ -- Kay, Jonathon SO Hope College X16:35.45 -- Vandervelde, Paul FR Hope College X16:46.13 -- Baker, Samuel FR Hope College X16:57.10 -- Tschirhart, Jeff SO Albion X17:10.00 Men 110 Meter Hurdles================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Svoboda, Matt SR Hope College 15.96 2 Plont, Ross SR Albion 16.09 3 Vandeguchte, Nate SO Hope College 16.46 4 Chaudhry, Ahmed FR Albion 17.03 5 Radosevich, Kerry FR Tri-State 17.40 6 Rassel, Sean FR Albion 19.76 Men 400 Meter Hurdles================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Rider, Lucas SO Albion 57.35 2 Vandeguchte, Nate SO Hope College 57.58 3 Chaudhry, Ahmed FR Albion 57.71 4 Fulks, Tim SO Tri-State 59.32 5 Svoboda, Matt SR Hope College 59.82 6 Matuska, Landon JR Tri-State 1:00.38 7 Greene, Andrew FR Albion 1:03.05 8 Radosevich, Kerry FR Tri-State 1:05.59 Men 4x100 Meter Relay================================================================================ School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Albion 'A' 42.84 2 Hope College 'A' 44.61 3 Tri-State 'A' 45.43 Men 4x400 Meter Relay================================================================================ School Seed Finals Points================================================================================ 1 Hope College 'A' 3:28.02 2 Tri-State 'A' 3:42.43 -- Hope College 'B' X3:34.17 -- Hope College 'C' X3:42.50 -- Tri-State 'B' X3:48.50 Men High Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Bowman, Jason JR Albion 6-02.00 1.87m 2 Vandeguchte, Nate SO Hope College 6-00.00 1.82m 2 Bergsma, Sean FR Hope College 6-00.00 1.82m 4 Strobe, Adam JR Albion 5-10.00 1.77m -- Rassel, Sean FR Albion DQ -- Glass, Kyle JR Tri-State DQ Men Pole Vault========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Langille, Scott JR Hope College 14-05.00 4.39m 2 Staley, Wil SR Tri-State 12-06.00 3.81m 3 Smith, Kyle JR Hope College 12-06.00 3.81m 4 Maximiuk, Andrew FR Albion 12-00.00 3.65m 5 Kunze, Jon FR Tri-State 11-06.00 3.50m 6 Noora, Christopher SO Albion 10-06.00 3.20m -- Gordon, Forrest FR Hope College DQ Men Long Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Bowman, Jason JR Albion 6.58m 21-07.25 2 Svoboda, Matt SR Hope College 6.52m 21-04.75 3 Dunning, Anthony SO Albion 6.19m 20-03.75 4 Chaudhry, Ahmed FR Albion 6.05m 19-10.25 5 Seymour, Joseph SO Hope College 5.49m 18-00.25 6 Shooks, Rob SO Hope College 5.44m 17-10.25 7 Denham, Kraigh SO Tri-State 5.23m 17-02.00 8 Eisenhauer, Jake FR Tri-State 4.79m 15-08.75 -- Hochstetler, Jason FR Tri-State DQ Men Triple Jump========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Bowman, Jason JR Albion 13.94m 45-09.00 2 Lott, Charles SR Albion 13.18m 43-03.00 3 Strobe, Adam JR Albion 11.93m 39-01.75 4 Seymour, Joseph SO Hope College 11.71m 38-05.00 5 Denham, Kraigh SO Tri-State 11.22m 36-09.75 6 Eisenhauer, Jake FR Tri-State 10.35m 33-11.50 -- Svoboda, Matt SR Hope College DQ Men Shot Put========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Robinson, Kyle JR Albion 14.23m 46-08.25 2 Walters, Evan SO Albion 13.54m 44-05.25 3 Pender, Austin JR Tri-State 13.41m 44-00.00 4 Rector, Chad SO Hope College 13.25m 43-05.75 5 Culliver, Michael SO Albion 12.87m 42-02.75 6 Klingenberg, Dean FR Hope College 12.32m 40-05.00 7 Glass, Kyle JR Tri-State 12.27m 40-03.25 -- Hecker, Andrew FR Albion XDQ -- Smith, Ryan Hope College DQ -- Armstrong, Nick JR Albion X9.74m 31-11.50 -- Leighton, Brian SO Albion X12.95m 42-06.00 Men Discus Throw========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Maxwell, Peter JR Albion 149-10 45.66m 2 Decou, Jonathon SO Albion 126-04 38.50m 3 Rector, Chad SO Hope College 126-01.50 38.44m 4 Culliver, Michael SO Albion 123-07 37.66m 5 Klingenberg, Dean FR Hope College 121-09 37.10m 6 Glass, Kyle JR Tri-State 121-07 37.05m 7 Pender, Austin JR Tri-State 110-09.50 33.76m 8 Bergsma, Sean FR Hope College 97-07 29.74m -- Smith, Ryan Hope College XDQ -- Hecker, Andrew FR Albion XDQ -- Filler, Andrew FR Hope College X86-04 26.31m -- Leighton, Brian SO Albion X111-04 33.93m Men Javelin Throw========================================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points========================================================================================== 1 Gordon, Matt SR Albion 171-10 52.37m 2 Plont, Ross SR Albion 169-10 51.76m 3 Epperson, Tony JR Albion 168-03 51.28m 4 Denninger, Andrew SR Hope College 163-10.50 49.94m 5 Glass, Kyle JR Tri-State 162-07 49.55m 6 Vandeguchte, Nate SO Hope College 137-08 41.96m 7 Kunze, Jon FR Tri-State 137-04 41.85m 8 Filler, Andrew FR Hope College 136-03 41.52m -- Pierce, Casey SR Tri-State DQ -- Hecker, Andrew FR Albion X89-11 27.40m -- Bergsma, Sean FR Hope College X138-00 42.06m