Arie Leegwater


Arie Leegwater

Education

  • BA, Calvin College, 1962
  • PhD Ohio State University, Organic Chemistry , 1967

Thesis: Steric Effects in Organic Chemistry
Thesis Advisor: Professor Melvin Spencer Newman

 

Professional experience

  • Emeritus, Calvin College, 2007
  • Professor of Chemistry, Calvin College, 1978-present
  • Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea, Spring 2008, Visiting Professor, Global Leadership School
  • University of Leeds, UK, 2000, Visiting Scholar, School of Philosophy and History of Science
  • University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1985, Visiting Scholar, History of Science Department
  • University of California-Davis, 1977-78, National Endowment for the Humanities College Fellow-in-Residence, Philosophy Department
  • Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL, 1969-77, Associate Professor of Chemistry
  • Free University of Amsterdam, 1967-1969, Postdoctoral Associate, Central Interfaculty

Publications


Dealing with Darwin: Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution by David N. Livingstone, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014, Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 67: #4, 284-286 (2015).

Newton and the Netherlands: How Isaac Newton was Fashioned in the Dutch Republic by Eric Jorink and Ad Maas, eds., Amsterdam: Leiden University Press, 2013, Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 67: #1, 60-62 (2015).

The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012, Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 66: #4, 258-259 (2014).

Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts by John C. Powers, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012, in Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 66: #4, 255-256 (2014).

Collected Papers on the Philosophy of Chemistry by Eric R. Scerri, London: Imperial College Press, 2008, and Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric R. Scerri, London: Imperial College Press, 2009 in Annals of Science, 70: #4, 567-568 (2013).

Review of Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion, by Steven Gimbel, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012, in Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 2013, 65: #4, 273-274.

Review of The Templeton Science and Religion Reader, by J. Wentzel van Huysteen and Khali Chamcham, eds., West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, 2012, in Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 2013, 65: #4, 275.

Review of Religion and Science in Context: A Guide to the Debates, by Willem B. Drees. New York, NY: Routledge, 2010, in Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 2012, 64: #3, 205.

"Last Call: Reflections of an Editor" Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 63, 2011; #4, 217-218.

"Resolving Dilemmas in Acquiring Knowledge of Newton's First Law: Is the History of Science Helpful?" [with Gyoungho Lee] in Adapting Historical Knowledge Production to the Classroom, P.V. Kokkotas, K.S. Malmamitsa, and A.A. Rizaki, eds., Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2011; 249-258.

“A Brief Excursion in Chemistry: ‘God-Talk’ in Chemistry?” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 63, 2011; #3, 145-6.

“Disentangling Theology and Science: The Instrumentalization of Science,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 63, 2011; #2, 73-74.

“Loving the Kingdom and Responsible Technology,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 62, 2010,#4, 233-234.

“A Hard Lesson: Interpretation, Genomic Data, and the Scriptures,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 62, 2010; #3, 145-146.

“Living as Part of the Story,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 62, 2010; #1, 1-2.

Review of Collected Papers on the Philosophy of Chemistry by Eric R. Scerri, London: Imperial College Press, 2008, and Selected Papers on the Periodic Table, by Eric R. Scerri, London: Imperial College Press, 2009 in Annals of Science, DOI: 10.1080/00033790.2011.564299.

“On Boundaries: Let Science Be Science? Let Religion Be Religion,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #4, 209-210.

“On Tipping Points and Christian Scholarship,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #2, 65-66.

Review of The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Antiquity to 1915: A Source Book, by Michael J. Crowe ed., Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008, in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #3, 208.

Review of The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions between Natural Science and Theology, by Olaf Pedersen (eds. George V. Coyne and Tadeusz Sierotowicz), Vatican City: Vatican Observatory Foundation, 2008, in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #1, 62.

Review of Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A.S. Eddington, by Matthew Stanley, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #1, 60-61.

"Charles A. Coulson: Mixing Methodism and Quantum Chemistry" in Nicolaas Rupke, ed., Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science-and-Religion, second edition, Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2009; 73-103.

“The Two-Book Metaphor: What Questions Do We Need to Ask?” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 61, 2009; #1, 1-2.

“The Challenge of Interpretation,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 60, 2008; #4, 209-210.

“Faith and Scientific Practice,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 60, 2008; #2, 73-74.

“Rapprochement between Science and Religion,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 60, 2008; #1, 1-2.

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