Homepage Willem J. van AsseltWillem Jan van Asselt has been assistant professor for Church History and for History of Reformed Theology at Utrecht University, Department of Theology , since 1993. In the fall semester 2001-2002 he was visiting professor of Church history at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids MI, USA. He has recently been appointed as guest professor of the Protestant University of Leuven http://www.etf.edu
Van Asselt gained his PhD in Theology at Utrecht University in 1988, with the thesis Amicitia Dei. Een onderzoek naar de structuur van de theologie van Johannes Coccejus (1603-1669). Since then he published widely in the field of Reformed Church History and the History of Reformed Theology. He is member of the editorial board of Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought and chairman of the editorial board of Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis. He is Fellow of the Henry T. Meeter Centre for Calvin Studies in Grand Rapids. Van Asselt started his career, with a BA cum laude (1969) and a MA cum laude (1980), both from the Theological Faculty of Utrecht University. He served as a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in respectively Uitwijk & Waardhuizen (1972-1977), Steenwijk (1977-1983) and Bennekom (1983-1993). |
