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Dr. Rester is a post-doctoral research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast (September 2016–present). During his time as a research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, Dr. Rester has served the institution as a guest lecturer in the Master of Arts, History of Religion department as well as various undergraduate history courses. In addition to his time at Queen’s University Belfast, Dr. Rester has taught as an adjunct professor at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (2010–2016), Kuyper College (2013–2015), and Calvin Theological Seminary (2011–2015). He also works as a translator for the Dutch Reformed Translation Society (2009–present). Dr. Rester’s academic interests include but are not limited to: the history of the doctrine of Scripture and its reception; early modern and Enlightenment conflicts between theology and philosophy on general and special revelation; and early modern and post-Enlightenment models of missiology.

EDUCATION

PhD, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2016
MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson, Mississippi), 2006
BS, Louisiana Tech University, 1999

CHURCH MINISTRY

Ruling Elder, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (OPC), 2011–2016
Summer Camp Pastor, Twin Lakes Camp & Conference Center, 2006–2007

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, EU European Research Council project, “War and the Supernatural in Early Modern Europe,” School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, 2016–2019
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast, September 2016–present
Scaliger Research Fellow, Leiden University, “Theologia Viatorum: The Theology of Leiden from Junius to De Moor / Continuity and development in the structure and goal of theology in Franciscus Junius (1545–1602), Johannes a Marck (1656–1731), and Bernhard De Moor (1709–1780),” 2010
Translator, Dutch Reformed Translation Society, 2009–present
Adjunct Professor, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, 2010–2016
Adjunct Professor, Kuyper College, 2013–2015
Adjunct Professor, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2011–2015

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BOOKS

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A Sketch of the Christian's Catechism (Classic Reformed Theology)

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Theoretical-Practical Theology (4-Volume Set)

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On the Church (Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology)

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The Mosaic Polity (Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law)

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A Sketch of the Christian's Catechism (Classic Reformed Theology)

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Theoretical-Practical Theology (4-Volume Set)

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On the Church (Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology)

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The Mosaic Polity (Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law)

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