Todd Michael Rester. Doctorate, Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, Ph.D. 2016, GPA: / 4.0 Language Exams: French, German.

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1 Tdd Michael Rester Educatin: Dctrate, Histrical Thelgy, Calvin Thelgical Seminary, Ph.D. 2016, GPA: / 4.0 Language Exams: French, German. Dissertatin: Thelgia Viatrum: Institutinal Cntinuity and the Receptin f a Thelgical Framewrk frm Franciscus Junius's 'De Thelgia Vera' t Bernhardinus de Mr's 'Cmmentarius Perpetuus' Dctral Supervisr: Richard A. Muller Calvin Thelgical Seminary, Huizenga Fellwship fr Dctral Studies, Leiden Universiteit, Research Fellw f the Scaliger Instituut, Thelgia Viatrum: The Thelgy f Leiden frm Junius t De Mr / Cntinuity and Develpment in the structure and gal f thelgy in Franciscus Junius ( ), Jhannes a Marck ( ), and Bernhard De Mr ( ) French Palegraphy, Meeter Center fr Calvin Studies, Dr. Tm Lambert, Summer Master s f Divinity, Refrmed Thelgical Seminary (Jacksn, MS), M.Div. 2006, GPA: 3.52 / 4.0 Graduatin Merit: Outstanding Senir in Systematic Thelgy Independent studies: Calvin s French (D. Thmas) & Patristic Latin (J. Lign Duncan, III). Bachelr s f Science, Cum Laude, Luisiana Tech University, Majr: Marketing, Minr: Medical Technlgy, May GPA: Languages: Passive reading and written translatin: Latin (Medieval & Early Mdern), Kine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, French (Early Mdern and Mdern), Dutch (Early Mdern and Mdern), German (Early Mdern and Mdern). Active cnversatinal (Basic-Intermediate): Mdern French and Mdern German. Credentials via Queen s University Belfast in the Cmmn Eurpean Framewrk f Reference fr Languages (CEFRL) available upn request. Current Schlarly Interests and Expertise: Histry f the dctrine f Scripture and its receptin Early mdern and Enlightenment cnflicts between thelgy and philsphy n general and special revelatin Institutinal cntinuity as a methd fr interpreting intellectual histry, dctrinal frmulatin, and cnfessinal develpment in discrete scial cntexts Early mdern and pst-enlightenment mdels f missilgy Histry f biblical exegesis, evlutin f systematic thelgy in early mdern universities Prtestant receptin f patristic church fathers Early mdern cnfessinal standards, cmmentaries, and prcesses f cnfessinalizatin. Receptin f medieval thelgy, philsphy, and ethics in early mdern Prtestant exegesis

2 Current Psitin: Pst-Dctral Research Fellw, Queen's University Belfast (1 Sept Aug 2020) "War and the Supernatural in Early Mdern Eurpe," a prject f the EU Eurpean Research Cuncil (Prject ID: ). Primarily respnsible fr research and translatin f early-mdern, radical Rman Cathlic exegetical and plitical views n faith and war, as well as the natural limits f plitical pwer and the suspensin f the mral rder in religius war. Als respnsible fr the planning and executin f cnferences and c-editing f resultant essay cllectins. Prject utcmes include: Beynd Aquinas: Franciscans and Sctists n Plitics (Rutledge: 2020), under cntract. A critical editin f texts and translatins f early mdern Franciscans and Sctists n plitics, war, and missilgy. A mngraph n the institutinal receptin and prmulgatin f Franciscan and Sctist plitical thught at the Rman Cathlic universities f Paris, Salamanca, and Leuven in the early mdern perid. Planned and exectued the cnference War & the University in the 16th Century, June 2018, Queen s University Belfast. Respnsibilities included the crdinatin f travel, accmmdatin, and venue planning with a budget f 15,000 fr 15 schlars frm seven cuntries. Secndarily, as a faculty member f Queen s University Belfast, I have been invlved as: Occasinal lecturer in the Master s f Arts, Histry f Religin strand as well as in undergraduate Histry curses, fr example: HIS1003 LT6 / TT11-TT12 - The Atlantic Enlightenment in Cntext, Fall 2017, undergraduate histry lecture and tutrial sessins n the scial, thelgical, plitical, legal, and philsphical shifts which ccurred in the trans-atlantic wrld frm 1685 t I c-designed and taught this curse with anther pst-dctral research fellw. MHY7089, Faith and Identity in Early Mdern Eurpe, cnvener Dr. Sctt Dixn; MA Histry lecture and tutrial perid, 8 Feb 2018, Religius Principles, Persnal Piety, Plitical Actin and Scial Cntrl in the Early Mdern Perid. Graduate Histry Cllquium, Queen s Institutinal Cntinuity: Tracking the develpment, transmissin, and decline f an idea as taught at Leiden University ( ), 7 Octber As needed I assist dctral students in their research and practical develpment, fr example: Karie Schultz, (QUB dctral student in Histry, Ian Campbell, supervisr) in cnjunctin with the EU research prject, is wrking n the receptin f Refrmed plitical thught in British and Scttish universities. I assist in matters f thelgy, philsphy, Latin training, and palegraphy, as needed. Harrisn Perkins (QUB dctral student in Histry, Crawfrd Gribben, supervisr), wh is wrking n Bishp James Ussher. We have wrked thrugh the transcriptin and translatin f Latin manuscript material f Ussher s thelgy lectures, hused at the Cdringtn Library, Ballil Cllege, Oxfrd University. Other manuscripts are being cnsulted at Trinity Cllege Dublin.

3 Digital Humanities and Research Tls: Directr (Vlunteer), Junius Institute fr Digital Refrmatin Research ( (May 2013-present) Respnsibilities include fundraising; prject design, implementatin, and management f the leadership team; the planning and executin f cllquia fr dctral candidates and established schlars, and bk digitizatin prjects. One prject f the Junius Institute includes: Teaching Experience: The Pst-Refrmatin Digital Library ( (2008-present) an aggregated bibligraphy f apprximately 126k digitized vlumes f early mdern thelgy, philsphy, and law available fr free t students and schlars glbally. This website has reached ver 175k visitrs frm ver 170 cuntries. Adjunct Prfessr, Kuyper Cllege, Intrductin t Philsphy, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring The gal f this intrductry curse was: (1) t survey majr themes in philsphy thrugh primary surce readings and (2) t survey Christian wrldviews. After this curse, utilizing selected readings thrughut the histry f philsphy, undergraduate students are able t: (1) Identify majr lines f thught in metaphysics, epistemlgy, and ethics. (2) Engage varying wrldviews n philsphical and ethical questins in a cgent way. (3) Think and write critically in analytical reflectin essays. Adjunct Prfessr, Calvin Thelgical Seminary instructing and assisting ThM. students in writing their master's theses prjects. Over 85% f these students were English as Secnd Language graduate students. Written Expressin Curse, Fall 2011, Fall & Spring 2014, Fall & Spring 2015 Research Methdlgy Curse, Fall 2012 Adjunct Prfessr, Puritan Refrmed Thelgical Seminary, Intensive Latin Curses, Su 2010, Su 2013, Fa 2015, Spr This curse included live vide streaming f curses via skype and supervisin f cursewrk via distance learning. After these curses successful graduate students (M.Div. & Th.M.) were able: (1) T read classical, patristic, medieval, and early mdern Latin fr the purpse f cnducting riginal research with exegetical, thelgical, and philsphical surces in the Refrmatin and Pst-Refrmatin perid. (2) T engage lines f exegesis and dctrinal develpments frm Prtestant and Rman Cathlic Latin translatins f the Bible and primary surces. (3) T read and engage early mdern thelgy, philsphy, lgic, ethics, and law. (4) T prepare critical transcriptins and translatins. Instructr, Meeter Center fr Calvin Studies, 16th century Latin Palegraphy, June Academic levels included undergraduate t pst-dctral participants with varying degrees f Latin expertise. This curse was funded in part by the Sixteenth Century Sciety & Cnference. Participants f this curse are able: (1) T read, transcribe, and translate hand written dcuments frm the 16th t 18th centuries. (2) T cnduct individual research in rare bk special cllectins.

4 Teaching/Research Assistant, Calvin Thelgical Seminary, Dr. R. A. Muller Fall 2010 / Dr. L. Bierma Spr Dr. R. A. Muller, Fall 2009 / Dr. L. Bierma, Spr Dr. C. Plantinga Fall 2012 Translatin f selectins f Thedre Beza's French and Latin fr R. A. Muller's research n predestinatin, apprximately 20k wrds, (Fall 2009). Indexing: Dr. L. Bierma s translatin f Willem van t Spyker, Calvin: A Brief Guide t His Life and Thught (Luisville: Westminster Jhn Knx Press, 2009). Grader & ccasinal lecturer fr Dr. L. Bierma s Church Histry 1500 Present Grader f Latin language exams fr dctral and masters students, Calvin Thelgical Seminary, Adjunct Prfessr, Belhaven Cllege, Old Testament Survey curse, Spr Su Selected Translatins: Translatr, Dutch Refrmed Translatin Sciety, (2009-present), Petrus Van Mastricht s Theretical-Practical Thelgy / Theretic-Practica Thelgia, estimate 1.6 millin English wrds in 7 English vlumes. Petrus van Mastricht, Theretical Practical Thelgy, vlume 1 (Prlegmena), (Grand Rapids: Refrmatin Heritage Bks, 2018) Petrus van Mastricht's The Best Methd f Preaching: the Use f the Theretical- Practical Thelgy, trans. T. M. Rester (Refrmatin Heritage Bks: Grand Rapids, 2013). Vlumes 2-7 in editing, prjected publicatin, vlume 2, spring 2019 (250k wrds), vlume 3 by late 2019, with the remainder by Translatr, Handbk f Dutch Church Histry / Handbek van Nederlandse Kirkgescheidenis, (Vandenhek & Ruprecht, 2014). Translatr, Psalms 1-72, Refrmatin Cmmentary Series n Scripture, Old Testament VII, edited by H. J.Selderhuis (InterVarsity Press: Dwners Grve, IL, 2015). First English translatin f selectins frm 16th century Lutherans and Refrmed n the Psalms. Translatr, William Ames s Sciagraphia Catecheses Christianae (1635), published as A Sketch f the Christian s Catechism, vlume 1 f Classic Refrmed Thelgy Series, ed. Dr. R. Sctt Clark, (Grand Rapids: Refrmatin Heritage Bks, 2009). William Ames's cmmentary n the Heidelberg Catechism. Translatr, Actn Institute: Abraham Kuyper, On the Church, Cllected wrks in Public Thelgy, vl. 2 (Lexham Press, 2016). Franciscus Junius, The Msaic Plity (Grand Rapids: Christian's Library Press, 2015). Franciscus Junius, De Msis Plitiae Observatine (1592), Schlia: The Observance f the Msaic Plity Jurnal f Markets & Mrality, Spring Chapters 1 & 2. Musculus n Oaths & Usury in Jurnal f Markets & Mrality, Fall 2008, 80 pages. Translatin f excerpts n Psalm 15 frm Musculus In Davidis Psalterium Sacrsanctum Cmmentarij (Basil: 1573).

5 Select Presentatins, Published Articles, Cnferences, Organizatins, & Scieties: Presentatins f research: "The Translatin f Petrus van Mastricht: Thelgia theretic practica," Cnference "Grace in Christian Experience frm Jhn Owen t Jnathan Edwards," Unin Thelgical Cllege, Queen's University Belfast, 28 August, Faculty and Dctral Cllquium, Evangelical Thelgy Faculty, Leuven, Belgium, 3 September, Paper Presentatin: " Withut excuse : teaching and disputing Rmans 1:20, the imag Dei and ntins cmmunes at Leiden University frm " Cnference Venue: The Refrmatin and the Refrmed, Sciety f Refrmatin Studies, Westminster Cllege, Cambridge University, April, This paper is in prcess f publicatin with Renaissance & Refrmatin Review. Paper Presentatin: Jhn Mair and Juan Fcher n frced baptism, the rle f the prince, and hly war. Cnference Venue: Cllque / Cnference Cnversin religieuse et espace plitique. Nuveaux angles d apprche (Antiquité Epque mderne), 22 January, 2018, Université Paris Est-Créteil. This cnference and cllquium was part f a publicly funded prject, Puvir Plitique et Cnversin Religeuse Antiquite Mderne (POCRAM-ANR 13-CULT-0008), spnsred by l Agence Natinale de la Recherche. Paper Presentatin: Christian Princes and Pagan Lands: Jhn Mair, dminium, and just war, Cnference Venue: War & the University in the Sixteenth Century, 28 June 2018, Queen s University Belfast. Chapter: Describing Calvinism: Early mdern plemical engagements with Refrmed Prtestantism in The Cultures f Calvinism in Early Mdern Eurpe, eds. Crawfrd Gribben & Graeme Murdck (Oxfrd: Oxfrd University Press, frthcming). Paper Presentatin: "Refrmed Receptins f Cann Law," at the cnference "Law and Religin: The Legal teachings f the Prtestant and Cathlic Refrmatins," May 2012, Kathlieke Universiteit Leuven. Published as "Rman Cann Law in Prtestant Refrmed Thelgians as Bth Tuchstne and Fil" in Law and Religin: The Legal Teachings f the Prtestant and Cathlic Refrmatins (Vandenhek & Ruprecht, 2014). Paper Presentatin: Dctrine is fr Preaching; Preaching is fr Living: An intrductin t Petrus van Mastricht s Theretic-Practica Thelgia 2012 Dctrine fr Prclamatin Cnference, Bavinck Institute, 18 Octber Paper Presentatin: Franciscus Junius, Natural Law, and Subsidiarity at Institutin für Refrmatinsgeschichte, Zürich, Switzerland (RefRC in Zürich, May 2011) Renaissance Sciety f America (Spring 2009 Present) Paper Presentatin: A Digital Researcher s Tlkit: Sive Ad Fntes Renats ac Digitaliter Acquisits, New Technlgies Cnference, Venice, Italy, April 2010 Cnference

6 Sixteenth Century Sciety & Cnference: (Spring 2009 Present) Paper Presentatin: "Dminus Dixit: principles f exegetical thelgy applied in tw lci f Peter Martyr Vermigli's 1 Crinthians cmmentary" Octber 2012, Cincinnati, OH. Published in Refrmatin & Renaissance Review: Jurnal f the Sciety fr Refrmatin Studies, Vl 15, N. 1 (2013). Paper Presentatin: A Refrmed Apprach t Typlgy: Junius & Ames n Psalm 2 Octber, 2010 Cnference Mntreal, Quebec Canada. Published as "Type, Anti-type, and the Sensus Literalis: Prtestant Refrmed Orthdx Appraches t Psalm 2" in Church and Schl in Early Mdern Prtestantism: Studies in Hnr f Richard A. Muller n the Maturatin f a Thelgical Traditin (Brill, 2013). Rundtable Presentatin: Trends and Challenges in Digital Research Methds: The Pst-Refrmatin Digital Library (PRDL) and Beynd Octber, 2011 Cnference Ft. Wrth, TX USA Junius Institute / CTS Graduate Student Cllquium (Fall 2007 Spring 2016) Digital Resurces & Research Methdlgy Fall 2009, Calvin Thelgical Seminary Disputed Practices: Thelgical Disputatins as Pedaggical technique at Leiden University Fall 2010, Calvin Thelgical Seminary Schlastic Piety: Appraches and Degrees f Difference in Bernhardinus de Mr and Petrus van Mastricht Oct 2013, Calvin Thelgical Seminary Rundtable discussin: "Franciscus Junius and the Develpment f the Refrmed Traditin" Nv. 2014, Calvin Thelgical Seminary "Rman Law & Msaic Plity in Refrmed Thelgy: F. Junius' Apprach t Jurisprudence" Feb 2015, Calvin Thelgical Seminary A Refrmatin f Terms: Mining & Building Lexica f Early Mdern Philsphy & Thelgy" Sept. 2015, Puritan Refrmed Thelgical Seminary "Frm the Synpsis Puriris t Marckius and De Mr: A Trajectry f Dctrine, Pedaggy, and Institutinal Cntinuity" April 1, 2016, Puritan Refrmed Thelgical Seminary The H. Henry Meeter Center fr Calvin Studies: Putting Rare Bks Within Everyne s Reach: Histrical Thelgy & PRDL, Feb Academic Service: Curriculum Assessment Cmmittee, Calvin Thelgical Seminary, Fall 2009-Spring 2011 Library Cmmittee, Calvin Thelgical Seminary & Calvin Cllege, Fall 2010-Spring 2012 Ryal Histrical Sciety, member (2016-present) Renaissance Sciety f America, member Sixteenth Century Sciety & Cnference, member

7 Ecclesiastical Service: Summer Camp Pastr, Twin Lakes Camp & Cnference Center, a ministry f First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Jacksn MS, Primary duties included sharing the Gspel with students, pastral care f 100 cllege-aged cunselrs and apprximately 30 camp staff. Ruling Elder, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (OPC), Ada, MI ( ) Regular adult educatin teacher, ( ) Adult Educatin Cmmittee, chairman, ( ) Children s Educatin Curriculum Cmmittee (2015) Under care f Michigan & Ontari Presbytery ( ) Pastral Intern, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (January 2015 June 2015) Church membership: Suthern Baptist ( ); Presbyterian Church f America ( ); Orthdx Presbyterian Church, ( ); Presbyterian Church f Ireland, (2017- present)