Education
PhD (2019), Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary. Dissertation: Following the Way of Jesus: Herman Bavinck and John Howard Yoder in Dialogue on the Imitation of Christ. Supervisors: Dr. Richard Mouw and Dr. Cornelis van der Kooi
MDiv (2013), Calvin Theological Seminary
BA (2009), Religion (with honors), Biology, Calvin College
Courses
- Introduction to Christian Worldview (CTS-110)
- Reformed Theology (REL-251)
- Modern and Contemporary Theology (REL-349/449)
- Gospel, Church, and Culture (REL-357/457)
- Faith and Philosophy (PHL-210)
- Reformed Ethics (REL-361)
About
Dr. Jessica Joustra is an Associate Professor of Religion and Theology at Redeemer and an Associate Researcher at the Neo-Calvinist Research Institute of the Theologische Universiteit Kampen. Jessica is also the program director for Religion and Theology as well as the Former Director of Redeemer’s Albert M. Wolters Centre for Christian Scholarship (2022-2026). She earned a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics from Fuller Theological Seminary and the Free University and an M.Div from Calvin Theological Seminary. She is an editor and translator (with John Bolt, et al) of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Ethics Vol. 1: Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity (Baker Academic, 2019) and Reformed Ethics Vol. 2: The Duties of the Christian Life (Baker Academic, 2021). She is also co-editor (with Robert Joustra) of Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper’s Stone Lectures (Intervarsity Press, 2022).
Selected Research Publications
Visit the Research Publications page for selected publications by Dr. Jessica Joustra.