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Dr. Jason P. Van Vliet

Professor of Dogmatics

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Academic Dean

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  • BA Honors, Trinity Western University, 1992
  • MDiv, Theological College of Canadian Reformed Churches, 1996
  • MTh, McMaster Divinity College, 2005
  • ThD, Theological University of Apeldoorn, 2009

Dr. Van Vliet is professor of Dogmatics, after serving as a pastor for thirteen years. He completed a ThD at the Theological University in Apeldoorn in doctrinal studies, focusing on the teachings of John Calvin regarding the image of God.

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  • Dissertation and Thesis
    • Children of God: the Imago Dei in John Calvin and His Context. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009.
    • Arbitrium Humanum: Liberum vel Liberandum? An Historical-Theological Study of John Calvin’s Doctrine of the Will. Thesis. McMaster University.
  • Books
    • Your Word Is Our Light: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary. Edited by Cornelis Van Dam and Jason Van Vliet.  Hamilton: Lucerna, 2019.
    • Growing in the Gospel: Sound Doctrine for Daily Living. 3 vols. Hamilton: CRTS Lucerna Publications, 2016.
    • Living Waters from Ancient Springs: Essays in Honour of Cornelis Van Dam. Edited by J. Van Vliet. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2011.
  • Articles and Essays
    • Psalms 42-49 and 84-85, 87-88 in Christ’s Psalms, Our Psalms: Study Resource. Edited by P. Holtvlüwer. Winnipeg: Reformed Perspective Press, forthcoming.
    • “Let the Children Receive the Sign of the Covenant” in Children and the Church: “Do Not Hinder Them.” Edited by W. den Hollander & G. H. Visscher. Hamilton: Lucerna CRTS Publications, 2019.
    • Your Word is our Light: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary. Edited by C. Van Dam & J. Van Vliet. Hamilton: Lucerna CRTS Publications, 2019.
    • “The Freed Will: Can Augustine Teach Us to See Calvin in a New Light?” in Learning from the Past: Essays on Reception, Catholicity, and Dialogue in Honour of Anthony N. S. Lane. Edited by Jon Jon Balserak and Richard Snoddy. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2018.
    • “Election: The Father’s Decision to Adopt.” Unio Cum Christo 4.2 (Oct 2018), 129-144.
    • Psalms 42-49 and 84-85, 87-88 in Christ’s Psalms, Our Psalms: Devotional. Edited by P. Holtvlüwer. Vineland: LittleAngels Press, 2018.
    • “Is Hell Obsolete? The Place of Eternal Punishment in Preaching Today” in As You See the Day Approaching: Reformed Perspectives on the Last Things. Edited by Theodore G. Van Raalte. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2016.
    • “The Two Books Debate: What if Scripture and Science Seem to Say Different Things?” in Correctly Handling the Word of Truth. Edited by M. te Velde and G.H. Visscher.  Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2014.
    • “De mens volgens de Heidelbergse Catechismus” in Handboek Heidelbergse Catechismus. Edited by A. Huijgen, J. Fesko, A. Siller. Utrecht: J.H. Kok, 2013.
    • “Specious Pacification and Pleasant Consensus: Calvin’s Ecumenical Efforts in 1549” in Living Waters from Ancient Springs: Essays in Honour of Cornelis Van Dam. Edited by J. Van Vliet. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2011. This essay was first presented at the Sixteenth Century Conference 2010 (Montreal, Canada).
    • “‘As a son to his father’: An Overlooked Aspect of the Imago Dei in Calvin” presented at The International Congress on Calvin Research 2006 (Emden, Germany); publication of this speech in J. Selderhuis, ed. Calvinus sacrorum literarum interpres. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008.
    • “The Freedom of the Will and the Fan of Fig Leaves : an Historical & Theological Investigation Concerning Baltasar Hubmaier’s Anthropology with a Reformed Appraisal.”  Koinoinia 20, Spring 2003.
    • Various articles in Clarion, a magazine associated with the Canadian Reformed Churches, and Christian Renewal, a magazine associated with the United Reformed Churches of North America.