Arthur Rankin
Thesis title: John Calvin's Understanding of the Officium Christi in Hebrews
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Background
Arthur Rankin was born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised across the southern United States. He has a BA in History and Classics from Texas A&M University, College Station, a MDiv from Reformed Theology Seminary, Charlotte, and a MTh by Research from the University of Edinburgh. He is now a Systematic Theology PhD candidate at Edinburgh studying John Calvin's understanding of the Office of Christ in Hebrews under Dr. James Eglinton and Dr. Simon Burton. He is also an ordained TE in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
Qualifications
M.Th. by Research (Distinction)
University of Edinburgh (2022-23)
Thesis: Calvin's Christology and the Accusation of Nestorianism (Journal of Theological Studies, 2025)
M.Div.
Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina (2018-21)
B.A. in History and Classics
Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas (2014-2018)
Undergraduate teaching
Tutoring
History of Christianity as a World Religion 1A (Semester 1, 2024-5)
History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B (Semester 2, 2024-5)
Research summary
Arthur's research interests revolve around the following:
- John Calvin's Use of the Book of Hebrews
- Christology
- Trinitarian Theology
- The Development of Reformed Theology and Confessions
Knowledge exchange
Guest lecturer at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, February 15, 2024 on "Calvin's Christology." November 26, 2024 on "Calvin's Understanding of Hebrews."
Current project grants
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research Award
Papers delivered
“Christ the Mediator and Head of Angels,” Edinburgh Postgrad Colloquium, Edinburgh, June 9, 2023.
"The Grammar of Covenant in Calvin's Hebrews Commentary," Edinburgh Postgrad Colloquium, Edinburgh, June 7, 2024.
"References to Scotus and Scotism in the Calvini Opera," Scotism in the Reformation Era: Historical and Historiographical Questions, Geneva, September, 10, 2024.
“Retrieving Autotheos: The Pro-Nicene Roots of the Aseity of the Son in John Calvin’s Trinitarian Thought.” Co-written with Blair Smith. Journal of Reformed Theology (Forthcoming).
"Calvin's Christology and the Accusation of Nestorianism." Journal of Theological Studies (Advance Article, 2025): 1-21.
"Christ the Mediator and Head of Angels in Calvin's Theology." International Journal of Systematic Theology 26.4 (2024): 367-385.
Review of The Royal Priest: Psalm 110 in Biblical Theology by Matthew Emadi. Westminster Theological Journal 86.2 (2024): 251-3
Review of Metaphysics in the Reformation: The Case of Peter Martyr Vermigli by Silvianne Aspray. Journal of Reformed Theology 17.2 (2023): 223-224.
Review of The Flesh of the Word: The extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy by K. J. Drake. Journal of Reformed Theology 16.3 (2022): 276-277.
Review of Reformed Scholasticism: Recovering the Tools of Reformed Theology by Ryan McGraw. Reformed Theological Review 81.1 (2022): 88-89.
Review of Augustine on the Will: A Theological Account, by Han-luen Kantzer Komline. Reformed Faith & Practice 5.2 (2020): 57-60.
“From Appropriation to Assimilation: The Byzantine Quest for Stability,” in Classics Transformed, ed. Giancarlo Abbamonte and Craig Kallendorf, vol. 69 of Testi e studie di cultura classica (Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2018): 21-27.