Don Westblade

      Professor, Dept of Religion, Hillsdale College, 1988-

      Home: 4333 South Dr, Hillsdale, MI 49242

      Office: 517-607-2381   Cell: 517-610-9612

      Email: dwestblade@hillsdale.edu

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      Education             Ph.D. cand. (abd)        Yale University, New Haven, CT

                                          Religious Studies (New Testament)

      M.Phil., 1987              Yale University, New Haven, CT

                                          Religious Studies (New Testament)

      M.A., 1983                  Yale University, New Haven, CT

                                          Religious Studies (New Testament)

      Spec. Stud., 1981        Denver Seminary, Denver, CO

                                          Hebrew

      3me Degr, 1980          Alliance Francaise, Paris, France

                                          French

      Mittelstufe II, 1980      Goethe Inst., Freiburg/Berlin, FRG

                                          German

      M.Div., 1978               Fuller Theol. Seminary, Pasadena, CA

                                          New Testament

      B.A., 1974                   Williams College, Williamstown, MA

                                          Political Economy, Magna cum Laude

      Diploma, 1970             South High School, Denver, CO

                                          Salutatorian

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      Background             1997-         Professor, Introduction to Islam  (biennial course)

      in Islam                           2016           Hillsdale College Dept of Religion

                                          2003          Organized Honors Program summer travel itinerary

                                                                  for 4-week trip through historical sites in Turkey

                                          2004-08     Led 20-25 Honors Students annually on trip to Turkey

                                 2008          Developed summer program for Hillsdale Hostel

                                               Islam and the West

                                          2008-16     Instructor, Islam and the West Hostel Program

                                          2009-16     Instructor in Islam, Road Scholar Hostel, Michindoh

      2014          Directed private trip to Turkey for community adults

      2015          Lecture to Hillsdale International Club on Islam

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      Professional              2002-16     Cushwa Society, Notre Dame       

      Responsibilities,       2010-16     Steering Committee, American Christianity, ETS

      National                1997-09     Steering Committee, Jonathan Edwards Study Grp, ETS

                                          1994-98     Chair, Exegesis of Biblical Texts on Ethical Themes, SBL

      Professional              1989-16     Chair, Faith in Life Lectureship, Hillsdale College           

      Responsibilities,       1990-16     Faculty Advisor, Theta Alpha Kappa Rel Honorary

      Local                          2013-16     Steering Committee, Gershom Lectureships

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      Academic             2006          Emily Daugherty Award for Senior Teaching Excellence

      Honors                      2003-08     Director, Hillsdale College Honors Program

                                          1982          Rotary Foundation Finalist, Colorado

                                          1980          University Fellowship, Yale (4-year)

                                          1979          Danforth Foundation Honorable Mention

                                          1974          Rhodes Finalist, Colorado

                                          1974          John Edmund Moody Fellowship (Oxford), 1st Alt.

                                          1974          Carroll A. Wilson Fellowship (Oxford), 1st Alternate

                                          1974          David A. Wells Prize for Political Economy

                                          1973          Phi Beta Kappa Society

                                          1973          Williams College Purple Key Society, President

                                          1970          National Council of Teachers of English Award

                                          1970          Gates Rubber Company Foundation Scholarship

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      Publications    A Biblical View of the Family, Hillsdale Forum, February 29, 2012.

      Alexandria Troas, Biblical Archaeological Review, November, 2011.

      The Sovereignty of God in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards. For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper, edd. Samuel Storms and Justin Taylor. Crossway, 2010.

      The Bondage of the Will and Divine Election in Paul, The Grace of God and the Bondage of the Will, edd. Thomas R. Schreiner and Bruce Ware. Baker Book House, 1994.

      Re-issued in: Still Sovereign, edd. Thomas R. Schreiner and Bruce Ware. Baker Book House, 2000.

      Review of One Holy and Happy Society: The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards by Gerald McDermott. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1992. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38/2(1996), 453-54.

      Offline 32: Report on the Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROM, Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (March, 1991).

             repr.: Religious Studies News (March/April, 1991), p. 15.

      Review of America's Theologian: A Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards by Robert W. Jenson. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 33(1990), 403-405.

      Review of Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain Murray. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32 (1989), 408-10.

      The View at the Margin, Hillsdale Collegian, Feb, 1989.

            Reprinted in The Hillsdale Magazine, Spring, 1989.

      Review of Briefformular und rhetorische Disposition im 1. Korintherbrief by Michael Buenker, Religious Studies Review 11/3(July, 1985), 292.

      Review of Ministering in the Pauline Churches by Pheme Perkins, Religious Studies Review 10/1(January, 1984), 71.

      Indices for Steven D. Fraade, Enosh and His Generation, SBLMS 30.  Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1984.

      B. B. Warfield and Inspiration, Studia Biblica et Theologica 10(1980), 27-43.

      Word and Spirit in the Works of Jonathan Edwards, Studia Biblica et Theologica 9(1979), 49-60.

      Policy Paper on Organized Crime, publ. for circulation in Washington, D. C., 1974

      Papers           Response to Paul Helseth: The Legacy of John Witherspoon and the Founding of

      read                   Princeton Theological Seminary: Samuel Stanhope Smith, Ashbel Green, and the Contested Meaning of Enlightened Education, ETS, November 18, 2015

      Response to Andrew Grosso, Help My Unbelief: Michael Polanyi and the Challenge of Faith in the Modern World, Hillsdale College, March 24, 2015

      Response to Eduardo Echeverria, Double Predestination in Dutch Neo-Calvinism, Hillsdale College, February 8, 2015

      Address on National Day of Prayer, Hillsdale College, May 1, 2014

      Chapel address, University of Northwestern, St Paul, Jonathan Edwards on Justification, April 22, 2014

      Can a Good Christian Endorse the Morality of Capitalism? Hillsdale College Liberal Arts Forum, October 19, 2012

      Ancient Hittites and Our Modern Constitution, Hillsdale Rotary Club, Feb 27, 2013

      Leviticus Alive! Ritual and Redemption, Cincinnati Bible Conference (6 lectures), October 13-16, 2012.

      Faculty Roundtable: The U. S. Supreme Court, Hillsdale College CCA, September 2012.

      Commencement Address. Veritas Academy, Worthington, OH, June 2, 2011.

      The Abgar Inscription, Hillsdale College CCA, November, 2011.

      The Power of the Cross, Pastors Conference, Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (3 lectures), November 9-10, 2011.

       Christianity and Evolution: Can One Believe Both? Liberal Arts Forum, October 21, 2011.

      Josef Pieper on the Liberal Arts, Hillsdale College Honors Program Retreat, (3 lectures), August 26-27, 2011.

      The Churchs Upside-Down Mission, First Presbyterian Church of Hillsdale, Mission Project (5 lectures), August, 2011.

      What is Leadership, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Symposium, February 18, 2011.

      Commencement Address. Christian Academy, Indianapolis, IN, June, 2010.

      Faculty Roundtable: Biography and Historiography, Hillsdale College CCA, November 13, 2008.

       Alexandria Troas: Location. Location, Location, The Ephesus Meeting, Ephesus, Turkey, May, 2008

      For the Love of Honor, The Ephesus Meeting, Ephesus, Turkey, May, 2007

      Faculty Roundtable: Great Economists of the 20th Century, Hillsdale College CCA, February 2, 2006.

      Calvin in the Hands of a Not-So-Angry Jonathan Edwards, Evangelical Theological Society, November, 2005

      Edwards and Justification, Conference at Bethlehem Baptist Church, June 2005

      "Adolescents Under God," Annual Hillsdale Exchange Club Citiwide Prayer Breakfast, November 23, 2004.

      Response to Bill Evans, Edwards in Context: Salvation and Union with Christ,

      Evangelical Theological Society, November, 2001

      Jonathan Edwards on Justification by Faith, Evangelical Theological Society, November, 2000

      The Work of the Holy Spirit, U of Michigan (IVCF) Graduate School Fellowship, October 9, 1999.

      Christian Philotimia: Hellenistic Honor in a New (Testament) Context, Regional Meetings, Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, Columbus, OH, April 15-16, 1999.

      The Bible and the Role of Women in the Church, IVCF Michigan Regional Meetings, February 12-14, 1999; Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church, March 3, 1996.

      One Nation Under God, Annual Hillsdale Exchange Club Citiwide Prayer Breakfast, November 25, 1997.

      Interpreting Paul's Letter to the Colossians, IVCF Michigan Regional Meetings, November 7-9, 1997.

      Why Be Good? Paul and the Hellenistic Moral Tradition, Regional Meetings, Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, Columbus, OH, April 11-12, 1996.

      Form and Function in Luke's Use of Literary Chiasm, Regional Meetings, Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, April 6-7, 1995.

      Faculty Essay, Hillsdale College Parents Newsletter. Fall, 1995, Vol. 1, no. 2.

      Delighting in the Law, Tentmakers Youth Ministry, Wilderness North, Brimson, MN, August 12-14, 1995.

      Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark, Tentmakers Youth Ministry Training Program, Minneapolis, MN. June 28, 1994.

      Academic Networking for Un(der)supported or Institutionally Unaffiliated Scholars: Making the Electronic Connection, Computer Assisted Research Group, Society of Biblical Literature, November 23, 1991.

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      Civic                  Chair, City of Hillsdale Hospital Finance Authority

      Involvement          Member, Patient Rights Advisory Committee, Hillsdale Hospital

                                       Member, Ethics Committee, Hillsdale Hospital

                                       Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, Will Carleton Academy

                                       Chair, Hillsdale Area Young Life Committee

                                       Elder, College Baptist Church, Hillsdale, MI

            Pulpit Supply: various area churches

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      Personal                 Wife: Joni Westblade, R.N. (Operating Room), married 33 years

                                       Son/Daughter-in-Law: Lucas & Shannon, Young Life Area Director, Big Sky, MT

                                       Daughter: Julia, grad student in Library Science, Wayne State Univ, Detroit

                                       Daughter: Kirsten, senior, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN, Kinesiology

                                       Extra daughter: Anna (from Moldova, for 3 years of high school)

                                       Grandson: Gideon James Theophilus Westblade, Big Sky MT (b. June, 2016)