What is I. John Hesselink?
[[File:헤셀링크박사.jpg|thumb|220px|Dr. I. John Hesselink]] '''Ira John Hesselink Jr.''' (March 21, [[1928]] – October 28, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[theologian]]. He was born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], [[Michigan]]. He was a Professor Emeritus of [[Systematic theology|Systematic Theology]] at [[Western Theological Seminary]] in [[Holland, Michigan|Holland]], Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westernsem.edu/faculty/i-john-hesselink/|title=I. John Hesselink – Western Theological Seminary|website=www.westernsem.edu|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2018-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152023/https://www.westernsem.edu/faculty/i-john-hesselink/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://faithlife.com/i-john-hesselink/about|title=I. John Hesselink|website=Faithlife}}</ref> After his retirement, he was an honorary professor and continued to write a few books on [[John Calvin]] and lectures in [[Europe]], [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]. He was a theologian who was a missionary in Japan after receiving theological education at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He wrote a book on Calvin's Catechism and several books and papers.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/I.-John-Hesselink/e/B001IQZLEK Amazon John Hesselink]</ref> In his book on Calvin in the Cambridge Theologian Series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.org/kr/academic/subjects/religion/theology/cambridge-companion-john-calvin?format=PB&isbn=9780521016728#MQfHIdht5ub5PI2s.97|title=Cambridge companion john calvin - Theology|website=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> he wrote a paper on Calvin's theology. He was also president of Karl Barth Society of North America founded in October 1972 in [[Toronto]] by a group of [[Canadians|Canadian]] and American scholars of [[Karl Barth]], inspired by his son [[Markus Barth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kbsna.kbarth.org/|title=Karl Barth Society of North America|website=kbsna.kbarth.org}}</ref> Hesselink [[Death|died]] on October 28, 2018 in Holl