Jaime Caballero Vilchez

My research focuses on the political theology of early modern Britain and Europe, with particular attention to natural law theory, resistance thought, and toleration debates in the seventeenth century. I work at the intersection of English Puritanism and continental European political thought, examining how Reformed, Catholic, and secular traditions of natural jurisprudence developed in parallel, mutual engagement, and occasional convergence across confessional boundaries. My doctoral research at Queen's University Belfast examined the role of natural law in the political theology of John Owen (1616–1683). My current postdoctoral work extends beyond any single figure to investigate the broader European landscape of early modern resistance theory, tracing connections between the School of Salamanca, continental Calvinism, and the English Revolution. A distinctive dimension of my research is the comparative study of Hispano-British intellectual exchange — particularly the reception of Salamancan natural law in English university culture and its mobilisation in Puritan polemic. I also work on the global reception of early modern Reformed theology, examining the contemporary translation and appropriation of Puritan texts in Latin America as a case study in long-distance intellectual transmission.

My research interests span early modern political theology, natural law theory, and the history of religious toleration. I am particularly interested in the Thomist, Salamancan, and Reformed traditions of natural jurisprudence and their interactions across confessional boundaries. My work engages with English Puritanism and Nonconformity, resistance theory and tyrannicide, liberty of conscience, and Anglo-Dutch intellectual exchange. I have a strong interest in the School of Salamanca and its reception in Protestant Europe, especially the transmission of Spanish natural law thought to English university culture. I also work on Hugo Grotius and early modern jurisprudence, trans-confessional intellectual history, and the contemporary reception of Reformed theology in Latin America.

I have taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the areas of early modern history, Reformation history, and English Puritanism. At Queen's University Belfast, I served as a Teaching Assistant in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (2024–2025). I am an Adjunct Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), where I teach postgraduate courses on the History of the Reformation in England and the History of English Puritanism. I have extensive experience in online and distance learning, and I have taught in English and Spanish across institutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Latin America. I am willing to obtain a PGCert in Higher Education Teaching and seek Fellowship of Advance HE.