Dr. Ryan M. Reeves, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology & Church History
Academic Degrees & Education
University of Cambridge (Queens’ College)
Ph.D. in Historical Theology – 2006–2010
Reformed Theological Seminary – Orlando
M.A. in Theological Studies – 2001–2004
M.Div. – 2001–2005
Samford University
B.A. in Religion and Philosophy – 1996–2000
Universität Münster, Germany (2000–2001)
Attended courses in:
Apostlesgeschichte
Justification & Sanctification in Calvin and Barth
Luther’s Large Catechism
Overview of Church History
Centro Pro Unione, Rome – Summer 2004
Institute for Ecumenism – Focused on the Reformation, Vatican II, and inter-faith dialogue
University of Notre Dame – Summer 2006
Courses in Medieval Latin and Palaeography (Prof. Frank Mantello)
Academic Appointments & Experience
Kairos Pacific University (Campus of America Evangelical Seminary)
Professor of Theology and Church History – 2021–Present
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Dean & Assistant Professor of Historical Theology – 2011–2019
Instructor of Historical Theology – 2010–2011
University of Cambridge (Divinity Faculty)
Guest Lecturer – 2008 & 2009
Lecture: “Databases and Modern Research Tools in Historical Research”
Graduate Representative – 2007–2009
Convenor, Postgraduate Reformation Reading Group – 2006–2008
Areas of Specialization
Protestant Reformation
Early Modern Europe
Historical Theology
Calvin and Luther
English Reformation & the Tudor Dynasty
Religion & Politics in Early Modern England
Lewis & Tolkien
Literature & Faith
History of Doctrine
Publications
Books
Know How We Got Our Bible – Zondervan, 2018
The Story of Creeds and Confessions – Baker Academic, 2019
English Evangelicals and Tudor Obedience, c. 1527–1570 – Brill, 2014
Articles
“‘Ye Gods’: The Magistrate and Political Obedience in Humanism and English Thought, c. 1515–1554” – Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 2014
Book Reviews (Selected)
Polly Ha, English Presbyterianism – Sixteenth Century Journal
Paul Avis, Beyond the Reformation? – Religious Studies Review
Gary Jenkins, John Jewel and the English National Church – Reformation & Renaissance Review, 2006
Stephen Grabill, Natural Law in Reformed Ethics – Sixteenth Century Journal, 2007
John McDiarmid, ed., Monarchical Republic of Early Modern England – Sixteenth Century Journal, 2010
Editorial Contribution
Final manuscript editing – Peter Martyr Vermigli and the European Reformations, Brill, 2004
Academic Honors & Awards
Archbishop Cranmer Prize – University of Cambridge History Faculty, 2009
Awarded for essay on doctrinal and political changes in the Church of England (1500–1700)
Invited Papers & Conferences
Sixteenth Century Conference, Geneva – 2009
Co-organized panel: “Theories of Kingship in the Reformed Tradition”
University of St Andrews, Reformation Studies Institute – May 2009
Paper: “Political Obedience, English Monarchy and the Reformation”
University of Cambridge, Church History Seminar – Dec 2008
Paper: “‘Ye Gods’: The Magistrate and Political Obedience in Humanism and English Thought”
