Robert Sturdy

Robert Sturdy holds academic positions as an Affiliated Researcher in Historical Theology at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (ETF) Leuven and an Assistant Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA. His research focuses on 17th-century Reformed scholastic theology, particularly the works of Samuel Rutherford. He explores themes like divine providence, human freedom, and theological fatalism.

• Education: PhD in Historical Theology (2020, ETF Leuven), ThM (2012, Reformed Theological Seminary), BTh (2006, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford), BA (2003, The Citadel).

Sturdy’s research examines theological concepts such as Scotist premotionism and Thomist influences in Rutherford’s writings. His 2021 monograph, Freedom from Fatalism, analyzes Rutherford’s doctrine of divine providence. He has presented at academic colloquia on topics like the scientia abstractiva/intuitiva distinction and the role of impossible creatures in theological discourse.