Anthony Andrew Hoekema (1913, in
Drachten – 17 October 1988) was a
Calvinist
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minister and theologian who served as professor of
Systematic theology
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at
Calvin Theological Seminary
Calvin Theological Seminary is a private Christian Reformed Church seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is closely tied to Calvin University, though each institution has its own board.
History
The seminary was founded in 1876 with the purp ...
,
Grand Rapids, for twenty-one years.
Biography
Hoekema was born in the
Netherlands
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but immigrated to the
United States
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in 1923. He attended
Calvin College (A.B.), the
University of Michigan
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(M.A.), Calvin Theological Seminary (Th.B.) and
Princeton Theological Seminary
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(Th.D., 1953). After pastoring several
Christian Reformed churches
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History
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(1944–56) he became Associate Professor of Bible at Calvin College (1956–58). From 1958 to 1979, when he retired, he was Professor of Systematic Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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. Professor Hoekema spent two sabbatical years in Cambridge, England (1965–66, 1973–74).
Publications
Among his best-known works are:
* ''The Four Major Cults: Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Seventh-Day Adventism'' (1963, )
* ''What about Tongue-Speaking?'' (1966)
* ''Holy Spirit Baptism'' (1972)
*
Amillennialism' (1977)
* ''The Bible and the Future'' (1979)
* ''Created in God's Image'' (1986)
* ''Saved by Grace'' (1989)
References
1913 births
1988 deaths
American people of Frisian descent
Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians
American Calvinist and Reformed theologians
People from Drachten
Dutch emigrants to the United States
University of Michigan alumni
Critics of Mormonism
Critics of Christian Science
Critics of Jehovah's Witnesses
20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
20th-century American writers
Critics of Seventh-day Adventism
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