William E. VanDoodewaard
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (History of Christianity) The University of Aberdeen and Highland Theological College (2006-2009) Aberdeen, Scotland Research Areas: English Church History, Scottish Church History (17th-18th century); Historical Theology (Christology, Soteriology); History of Preaching; History of Biblical Interpretation Thesis: “The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Atonement, Saving Faith, and the Gospel Offer in Scotland 1733-1799.”
Master of Arts in Religion (Theological Studies) Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (1999-2005) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. Areas of Study: History of Christianity, Christian Apologetics, New Testament Thesis: “Where Has Christian History Gone? - An Evaluation of Twentieth-Century Evangelical and Reformed Approaches to Historiography”
Honors Bachelor of Arts in History Western University (1992-1996) London, Ontario, Canada Major Areas of Study: British Colonial and Early American History, Russian History Minor Area(s) of Study: Psychology, Islamic Studies, Earth Sciences (Geography and Geology)
Teaching & Fellowships:
Visiting Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology: 2016-2017 Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Visiting Scholar: 2016 Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey
Professor of Church History: 2015- Associate Professor of Church History: 2010-2014 Interim Dean of Students: 2011-2012 Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. Courses taught: Ancient Church History (CH 311) Medieval Church History (CH 312) Reformation Church History (CH 313) Modern Church History (CH 314) North American Church History (CH315, CH871) Theology of Augustine (CH321a, CH853) 2
Forerunners of the Reformation (CH851) Theology of John Calvin (CH321b, CH854) History of Scottish Presbyterianism (CH327, CH858) John Knox and the Scottish Reformation (CH857, CH982) Directed Research – Theology of Samuel Rutherford (CH872) Directed Research – Korean Covenanters (CH872) Directed Research – Nigerian Church History (CH872) Directed Research – Herman Bavinck and Natural Law (CH874) Systematic Theology – Christology (ST414, ST884) Research and Writing (RTR 322)
Assistant Professor of History: 2009-2010 Patrick Henry College Purcellville, Virginia, U.S.A. Courses taught: History of Western Civilization I – Ancient Near East to Reformation Europe (HIS 223) History of Western Civilization II – Reformation Europe to the Present (HIS 233) Historiography (HIS 383) Historical Research Methods (HIS 373) Directed Research and Writing (HIS 490)
Visiting Professor of Church History: 2009-2010 Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. Course taught: North American Church History (CH 315)
Adjunct Professor of History: 2008-2009 Visiting Professor of History: 2006-2007 Huntington University Huntington, Indiana, U.S.A. Courses taught: History of Civilizations and Cultures I - Ancient Near Eastern to Early European History (HS 115) History of Civilizations and Cultures II - Medieval to Modern European History (HS 116) History of Christianity (HS 311) History of Islam (HS 312) Scotland and the Low Countries: A Religious History (HS362)
Teacher: 2007-2009 Sycamore Covenant Academy Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.A.
Teacher: 1997-1999; Teacher and History Department Head: 2001-2005 Providence Reformed Collegiate London, Ontario, Canada
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Research and Administrative Assistant to Dean of Continuing Medical Education: 1993-1996 Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario London, Canada
Publications: Books, Chapters & Writing Projects
Divine Revelation and the Discovery of Ancient Worlds: The Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture in the History of Old Testament Interpretation. [forthcoming writing project]
1 & 2 Peter, A Welwyn Series Commentary. London: Evangelical Press. [ongoing writing project]
“The Marrow Controversy” in Diversity and Controversy in the Reformed World of the Eighteenth Century. Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoek and Ruprecht. [forthcoming book chapter]
The Quest for the Historical Adam. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015.
“Challenges to the Word: A Case Study of Adam” in The Beauty and Glory of the Word of God. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015.
“The Persecution of Christ’s Bride” in The Beauty and Glory of Christ’s Bride. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015.
“The Mission of Christ’s Bride” in The Beauty and Glory of Christ’s Bride. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015.
“Christian Living in the Workplace: 1 Peter 2:18-25” in The Beauty and Glory of Christian Living. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014.
“The Father’s Mercy: 1 Peter 1:3-5” in The Beauty and Glory of The Father. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2013.
“Your Father in Heaven: Matthew 5-7” in The Beauty and Glory of the Father. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2013.
“The Holy Spirit in the Early Church” in The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, Reformation Heritage Books, 2012.
“‘The True Knowledge of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified’: Christology in Marrow Theology” in The Beauty and Glory of Christ. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2011.
The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Atonement, Saving Faith, and the Gospel Offer in Scotland (1718-1799). Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books (Reformed Historical Theological Studies Series), 2011.
Edward Fisher’s The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1645,1648), with Thomas Boston’s Annotations (1726). Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2009.
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Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Reviews
Review of Ferguson, Sinclair. The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance— Why The Marrow Controversy Still Matters. Crossway, 2016 in Themelios 41 (August 2016) 2:369-371.
“Heresy Does Not Happen Overnight” a review of Giberson, Karl. Saving the Original Sinner. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2015 at Gospel Coalition Book Reviews, February 12, 2016.
Review of Walton, John. The Lost World of Adam and Eve. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2015 at Reformation21, February 2016.
Review of Walton, John. The Lost World of Adam and Eve. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2015 in Puritan Reformed Journal 8 (January 2016) 1:257-265.
Review of Sinnema, Donald, et al, eds. Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae (1618- 1619), Vol. 1. Gottingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015, in Puritan Reformed Journal 8 (January 2016) 1:287-288.
“No Adam, No Original Sin, No Christ: Symposium on the Historical Adam” in Books and Culture, June 2015.
“The First Man and Woman: Symposium on the Historical Adam” in Books and Culture, June 2015.
“Remonstrants, Contra-Remonstrants, and the Synod of Dordt (1618-1619): The Religious History of the Early Dutch Republic” in Puritan Reformed Journal 4 (2012) 1:135-160.
Review of Trueman, Carl. Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2010, in Puritan Reformed Journal 3 (July 2011) 2: 403-406.
“Van Til and Singer: A Theological Approach to History” in Puritan Reformed Journal 3 (January 2011) 1:339-362.
Review of Dawson, Jane. Scotland Re-formed 1488-1587, The New Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume 6 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007) in Journal of British Studies (2009).
Review of Whytock, Jack. Theological Education in Kirk and Secession 1560-1850 (Paternoster, 2007) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2009).
“Marrow Theology and Secession Church Historiography” in Westminster Theological Journal 71 (Fall 2009) 2: 399-416.
“’To Walk According to the Gospel’: The Origins and History of the Marrow of Modern Divinity” in Puritan Reformed Journal 1 (July 2009) 2:64-95.
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Review of Whitford, David M., ed., Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research (Kirksville, Mo: Truman State University Press, 2008) in Church History (2008).
Review of Hoyle, David. Reformation and Religious Identity in Cambridge, 1590-1644, History of the University of Cambridge Texts and Studies 6 (Boydell, 2007) in Journal of British Studies (2008).
“Remonstrants, Contra-Remonstrants and the Synod of Dort (1618-1619)” in Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies 28 (Fall 2007) 2:137-162.
“The Necessity of Theology and Practice in Teaching Islamic Studies” in Christian Higher Education Journal (Routledge) 4 (July - September 2005) 3:211-231.
”A Transplanted Church: The Netherlandic Roots and Development of the Free Reformed Churches in North America” in Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies 26 (Fall 2005) 2:15- 33.
Conference Papers and Guest Lectures
“Origin Narratives: Early Princeton Theological Seminary (1812-1851) and the Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture” Religious Studies Forum Lecture, Queen’s University Belfast, October 13, 2016.
“God’s Design for Adam” Ligonier National Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 25, 2016.
“Divine Revelation and the Discovery of Ancient Worlds” seminar at the School of History and Anthropology, Queen’s University Belfast, January 21, 2016.
“Judges: From Joshua to Othniel” Thornwell Lecture at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina, June 8, 2014.
“FIEL Leadership Conference: Medieval Church History and Theology” a series of lectures presented at the FIEL Conference Center, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, May 2014.
“Thomas Boston and the Fourfold State of Man” a lecture presented at the Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Conference, March 13, 2013.
“Thomas Boston: Preacher of Christ” a lecture presented at the annual Free Reformed Seminary Day Conference, St. George, Ontario, September 3, 2012.
“The Quest for the Historical Adam” a paper presented at the Origins 2012 Conference, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, Virginia, July 28, 2012.
“Gordon Clark, Ronald Nash, and the Theology of History” a paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society’s Midwest Regional Meeting, Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio, March 28, 2009.
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“Using Augustine’s Cities as Paradigm in Teaching World History” a paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the Conference on Faith and History, Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio, September 19, 2008.
“Interpreting History: Theological and Philosophical Metanarratives and the Historian” a guest lecture presented at the Ball State University History Society, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, March 18, 2008.
“Theology and Ecclesiastical History: The Approach of C. VanTil and C.G. Singer” a paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society’s Midwest Regional Meeting, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, March 28, 2008.
“Thomas Blackwell, Early Moderatism, and the Marrow Controversy (1712-1726) in the Church of Scotland” a paper presented at the Scottish Universities Conference for Divinity and Religious Studies, King’s College, University of Aberdeen, June 27, 2007.
Church Experience – Preaching, Teaching, and Pastoral Ministry
Church Planter/Interim Minister: 2013-2015 Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Guest Preacher: 2007-2016 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, Indiana Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana Southside Reformed Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana Christ Church Reformed Presbyterian, Indianapolis, Indiana Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church, Kokomo, Indiana Reformed Presbyterian Church, Lafayette, Indiana Immanuel Reformed Presbyterian Church, West Lafayette, Indiana Grace Reformed Church, Walkerton, Indiana Good News Presbyterian Church, Frederick, Maryland New Windsor Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, New Windsor, Maryland Piney Creek Presbyterian Church, Taneytown, Maryland Covenant United Reformed Church, Byron Center, Michigan Seventh Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Sovereign Grace United Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan Messiah’s Independent Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan Covenant United Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, Metamora, Michigan Cornerstone United Reformed Church, Hudsonville, Michigan Southfield Reformed Presbyterian Church, Southfield, Michigan Walker United Reformed Church, Walker, Michigan Beverly Reformed Church, Wyoming, Michigan Harvest Church, Wyoming, Michigan Trinity Reformed Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Ontario Trinity Presbyterian Church, Chatham Ontario 7
Free Reformed Church, Chatham, Ontario Zion Free Reformed Church, Fenwick, Ontario St. Thomas Free Reformed Church, St. Thomas, Ontario Grace Presbyterian Church, Woodstock, Ontario Kingsview Christian Centre, Inverness, Scotland Dingwall Associated Presbyterian Church, Dingwall, Scotland Patrick Henry College Chapel, Purcellville, Virginia
Member of the Minister and His Work Committee: 2013-2015; Theological and Social Concerns Committee: 2010-2014; ARP Synod-Erskine College and Seminary Committee: 2012-2013 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod
Chairman of the Minister and His Work Committee: 2012-2015; 2016-2017 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Canadian Presbytery
Ordained Minister: Spring 2010 Licentiate: Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 Canada Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Pastoral & Preaching Internship: Summer 2007 – Spring 2009 Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.A.
Memberships in Scholarly Societies
American Society for Church History Conference on Faith and History Evangelical Theological Society North American Conference on British Studies
Professional Development
Canadian Reformed Teacher’s Association Conventions and Workshops for Continuing Teacher Education (1997-1999; 2002-2005)
Huntington University New Faculty Development Course – Classes, Seminars, and Mentorship in Teaching at a University (2006-2007)
Patrick Henry College Faculty Colloquia on Pedagogy (2009-2010)
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Cross-cultural Diversity Teaching Colloquia (2012)