Donald McKim

{{Short description|American Presbyterian theologian (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} '''Donald K. McKim''' (born 1950) is an American Presbyterian theologian and editor. He works as Academic and Reference Editor for Westminster John Knox Press.

McKim studied at Westminster College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Memphis Theological Seminary and the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald K. McKim|url=http://kerygma.com/pages/donald-k-mckim|publisher=The Kerygma Program|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

McKim is known for his 1979 book ''The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach''. Co-authored with Jack B. Rogers, it was ''Eternity'' magazine's "Book of the Year" in 1980. In the book, Rogers and McKim argued that the Bible was infallible but not inerrant.<ref>{{cite book |author1-last=Woodbridge |author1-first=John D. |author1-link=John D. Woodbridge |title=Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal |date=1982 |publisher=Zondervan |pages=14–15 |isbn=9780310447511 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27RCqVaSi-MC&pg=PA14 |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

Donald Keith McKim was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1950, to Keith Beatty and Mary Alisan (Leslie) McKim.{{cn|date=August 2016}}

==Works== * ''Heinrich Bullinger: An Introduction to His Life and Theology'' (2022), Cascade Companions, co-authored by Jim West (biblical scholar). *{{cite book|last1=McKim|first1=Donald K.|author-link=Donald McKim|last2=Jack B. Rogers|author-link2=Jack B. Rogers|title=The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach|date=5 February 1999|publisher=Wipf & Stock|publication-date=1979|isbn=978-1-5791--0213-5}} *{{cite book|last=McKim|first=Donald K.|author-link=Donald McKim|title=Theological Turning Points|date=January 1988|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|publication-date=1988|isbn=978-0-8042-0702-7}} *{{cite book|editor-last=McKim|editor-first=Donald K.|editor-link=Donald McKim|title=Encyclopedia Of The Reformed Faith Hardback|year=1992|location=Edinburgh|publisher=St. Andrew Press|publication-date=1992|isbn=0-7152-0660-5}} *{{cite book|last=McKim|first=Donald K.|author-link=Donald McKim|title=The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms|date=January 1996|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|publication-date=1996|isbn=978-0-6642-5511-4}} *{{cite book|editor-last=McKim|editor-first=Donald K.|editor-link=Donald McKim|title=Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters|year=1998|publisher=IVP Academic|publication-date=1998|isbn=978-0-8308-1452-7}} *{{cite book|last=McKim|first=Donald K.|author-link=Donald McKim|title=The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin|series=Cambridge Companions to Religion|date=17 June 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|publication-date=2004|isbn=9780521016728}} *{{cite book|editor-last=McKim|editor-first=Donald K.|editor-link=Donald McKim|title=Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters|date=12 November 2007|publisher=IVP Academic|publication-date=2007|isbn=978-0-8308-2927-9}} *{{cite book|last=McKim|first=Donald K.|author-link=Donald McKim|title=A Down and Dirty Guide to Theology|date=January 2011|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|publication-date=2011|isbn=978-0-6642-3405-8}}

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