Curriculum Vitae for Benjamin TG Mayes
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CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin T. G. Mayes September 5, 2019 Education Fundamentals of Online Teaching for Theological Educators certificate, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 3 CEUs (2018). Ph. D. (historical theology), Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI (2009). Dissertation: “Counsel and Conscience: Post-Reformation Lutheran Casuistry According to The Dedekenn-Gerhard Thesaurus Consiliorum et Decisionum and its Cases on Marriage and Divorce.” Dissertation committee: Richard A. Muller (supervisor), Robert Kolb (external reader), Calvin P. Van Reken, James De Jong. Center for Reformation Research, 2008 Paleography Institute (early modern Latin and German handwriting emphasized), St. Louis, MO (July 2008). M. Div. (historical theology concentration), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2003). Exchange student, Lutherische Theologische Hochschule, Oberursel, Germany (2001–2002). B. A. with high distinction (music), Concordia Teacher’s College, Seward, NE (1997). Scholarships and Awards Award of Commendation, Concordia Historical Institute (Department of Archives and History, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod) for “Reconsidering Grabau on Ministry and Sacraments” in Lutheran Quarterly, Summer 2006 (journal article) (Nov. 8, 2007). Institutional Assistantship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2005–2006 school year). Huizinga Doctoral Fellowship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2004–2005 school year). Zondervan Doctoral Fellowship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2003–2004 school year). American Bible Society Scholarly Achievement Award (biblical studies, 1999). Professional Experience Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2016– present). Editor for Academic Books, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO (2006–2016). Adjunct Faculty (online teaching), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2011–2016). Adjunct Faculty (online teaching), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO (2011). Associate Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, MI (2003–2006). Co-founder of and editor for Emmanuel Press, www.emmanuelpress.us (2005–2006). Assistant editor, office of admissions, public relations, and publications, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (1998–2003). Manager and recruiter for the first two summers of Christ Academy (two-week high school pre-seminary summer academy of Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN) (June 1999 and 2000). Admissions counselor, Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, NE (1997–98 school year). Publications Books Johann Gerhard, On Good Works, Theological Commonplaces XX, trans. Richard J. Dinda; ed. Joshua J. Hayes, Aaron Jenson, and Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2019). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 56: Sermons III, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, forthcoming). Johann Gerhard, On Justification through Faith, Theological Commonplaces XIX, trans. Richard J. Dinda; ed. Joshua J. Hayes, Heath R. Curtis, and Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2018). Martin Luther on Holy Baptism: Sermons to the People (1525–1539), ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2018). Johann Gerhard, On Interpreting Sacred Scripture and Method of Theological Study, Theological Commonplaces I–II, trans. Joshua J. Hayes, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 79: Church Postil V, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 57: Sermons IV, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 78: Church Postil IV, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2015). Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Law, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2015). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 77: Church Postil III, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2014). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 68: Sermons on Matthew 19–24, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2014). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 76: Church Postil II, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 75: Church Postil I, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013). Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On Creation and Predestination, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013). Johann Gerhard, On the Ministry, Part Two, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Heath R. Curtis (St. Louis: Concordia, 2012). Johann Gerhard, On the Ministry, Part One, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2011). Counsel and Conscience: Lutheran Casuistry and Moral Reasoning After the Reformation (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011). This is a lightly-revised version of my dissertation. Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Church, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2010). Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On Christ, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2009). Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Nature of Theology and on Scripture, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda, rev. ed. (St. Louis: Concordia, 2009). Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Nature of God and on the Most Holy Mystery of the Trinity, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2007). The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Second Edition (Kansas City: Emmanuel Press, 2007). Hardcover, 624 pp. This is a 624-page work of historic music and liturgical devotion, utilizing Gregorian chant from the 16th century and the Middle Ages. The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Text Edition (Kansas City: Emmanuel Press, 2007). Paperback, 370 pp. English Chant Psalter NKJ (Fort Wayne, IN: CTS Press, 2002). This is a musical setting of the entire book of Psalms. Articles and Chapters “The Useful Applications of Scripture in Lutheran Orthodoxy: An Aid to Contemporary Preaching and Exegesis,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 83, nos. 1–2 (2019): 111–135. “Creation, Science, and God’s Omnipotence,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 82, nos. 3–4 (2018): 290–301. “Luther on Vocation and Baptism: A Correction to Charismatic and Situational Ways of Discerning God’s Call,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 82, nos. 1–2 (2018): 45–64. Gerhard Ebeling, “How Luther Preached,” trans. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, Concordia Pulpit Resources 28, no. 3 (May 27–August 26, 2018): 9–14. “Restoring the Great Litany to the Lutheran Church,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 81, nos. 1–2 (2017): 321–30. “Luther and the Reform of Marriage and Sexuality,” in Defending Luther’s Reformation, ed. John Maxfield (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017), 183–215. “Calixt, Georg,” “Gerhard, Johann,” and “Patristics,” in Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions, ed. Timothy J. Wengert (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017), 114, 283–284, 576–577. “Apology of the Augsburg Confession Comparison Chart,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 80, no. 3–4 (2016): 337–39. “Self-Pollution: Its Definition and Cure,” in From Taboo to Delight: Ethics of Sex, ed. Gifford Grobien (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017), 141–59. “Scripture and Exegesis in Early Modern Lutheranism,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600–1800, ed. Ulrich Lehner, Richard Muller, and A.G. Roeber (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016), 283–97. “Georg Dedekenn (1564–1628)” and “Friedrich Balduin (1575–1627)” in Lives & Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church, ed. Timothy Schmeling (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016), 55–65, 97–112. Translation of Johannes Rudbeckius, selection from “Oration on the Legitimate Calling of Ministers of the Church,” in Lives & Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church, ed. Timothy Schmeling (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016), 143–47. “Not Just Proof-Texting: Friedrich Balduin’s Orthodox Lutheran Use of Exegesis for Doctrine,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 79 (2015): 103–120. “Gerhard, Johann,” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 10, ed. Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, et al. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015), 100–101. “Tools in the Lutheran Homiletical Toolbox,” Concordia Pulpit Resources 25, no. 1 (Nov. 30, 2014–Feb. 15, 2015), 10–11. “Lumina, Non Numina: Patristic Authority According to Lutheran Arch-Theologian Johann Gerhard,” in Church and School in Early Modern Protestantism: Studies in Honor of Richard A. Muller on the Maturation of a Theological Tradition, ed. Jordan Ballor, David Sytsma, and Jason Zuidema (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 457–70. “Lumina, Non Numina: Die Autorität der Kirchenväter nach dem lutherischen Erz-Theologen Johann Gerhard,” trans. by Werner Klän, Lutherische Theologie und Kirche 37, no. 1 (2013): 3–20. “Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Doctrine of the Atonement: A Lutheran Critique,” in Theology is Eminently Practical: Essays in Honor of John T. Pless, ed. Jacob Corzine and Bryan Wolfmueller (Fort Wayne, IN: Lutheran Legacy, 2012). Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Afterword to Francesco Chieregati and Pope Adrian VI, Papal Breve against Luther, Sent to the City Council of Bamberg (1523),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 53–64. Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Preface and Afterword to Two Discordant and Conflicting Imperial Mandates concerning