{{Short description|American theologian, minister, and academic (1919-1991)}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul King Jewett | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|10|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = Johnson City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|9|10|1919|10|6}} | death_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | occupation = Theologian · Author · Biblical scholar · Educator | education = [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] (B.A., Philosophy, 1941); [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] (Th.B., Th.M., 1945); [[Harvard University]] (Th.D., 1951) | years_active = 1950–1991 | known_for = Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary (1955–1991); advocate for evangelical egalitarianism and believer’s baptism | notable_works = ''Man as Male and Female'' (1975); ''The Lord’s Day'' (1971); ''Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace'' (1978); ''The Ordination of Women'' (1980); ''God, Creation, and Revelation'' (1991) | spouse = Christine Jewett (m. 1945–1991) | children = Two | organizations = [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] }}
'''Paul King Jewett''' (October 6, 1919 – September 10, 1991) was an American Christian theologian, author and prominent advocate of the [[ordination of women]] and of [[believer's baptism]]. He taught [[systematic theology]] at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] in [[Pasadena, California]]. He is credited with helping develop Fuller into one of the largest seminaries in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archon.fuller.edu/?p=collections%2Fcontrolcard&id=53 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-07-15 |archive-date=2015-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207003643/http://archon.fuller.edu/?p=collections%2Fcontrolcard&id=53 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=Paul King Jewett; Scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-16-mn-1627-story.html|access-date=7 February 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=16 September 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=October 1991 |title=Jewett, Paul King, 1919-1991 |magazine=Christianity Today |volume=35 |issue=12 |pages=39}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Jewett was born on October 6, 1919 in [[Johnson City, New York]], the older of two children. His father was a carpenter and his mother was a homemaker. His family attended a [[Regular Baptist]] church.<ref name=Perspectives>{{cite book |last1=Shuster |first1=Marguerite |last2=Muller |first2=Richard A. |date=1991 |title=Perspectives on Christology: Essays in Honor of Paul K. Jewett |url=https://archive.org/details/perspectivesonch0000unse_u3l5 |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan |publisher=Zondervan Publishing House |page=xvii-xix |isbn=9780310397311}}</ref>
Jewett studied at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] and received his B.A. in 1941, studying with [[Gordon H. Clark]] and majoring in philosophy. He then attended [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] and graduated in 1945 with Th.B. and Th.M. degrees. He obtained a doctorate in theology from [[Harvard]] in 1951, with much of his dissertation research done in Switzerland at the [[University of Berne]], the [[University of Zurich]], and the [[University of Basel]].<ref name=Perspectives /><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIIEDgAAQBAJ&q=paul+king+jewett+westminster+theological+seminary&pg=PA200|title = The Presbyterian Philosopher: The Authorized Biography of Gordon H. Clark|isbn = 9781532607240|last1 = Douma|first1 = Douglas J.|date = 24 January 2017| publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers }}</ref>
==Career== Jewett taught at [[Gordon Divinity School]] from 1950 until 1955. He was a professor of systematic theology at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] in Pasadena from 1955 until his death in 1991.<ref name=Perspectives /><ref name=LATimes />
Early in his career, Jewett was ordained as a minister in the [[American Baptist Churches USA|American Baptist]] Church. However, in 1970 he transferred his ordination credentials to the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.]] While he continued to believe in [[Believer's Baptism]] until the end of his life, he stated that he felt more at home with the [[Reformed theology]] of the Presbyterian Church.<ref name=Perspectives />
==Theology== Jewett is credited with being one of the major instigators of the contemporary [[Christian egalitarian]] movement in the [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] church.<ref>Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis (eds.), ''Discovering Biblical Equality'', IVP 2004, pp. 59-60.</ref> In 1975 his book ''Man as Male and Female'' was published. This work reconsiders the biblical evidence for the role of men and women and argues that Paul was speaking as inspired by God when he argued from the equality of women, but with a Jewish [[rabbinic]] mindset when speaking of women as subordinate to man. Jewett called [[Galatians 3:28]] the "[[Magna Carta]] of humanity".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stob |first1=George |date=July 1976 |title=The 'Man/Woman' Question |journal=Reformed Journal |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=21–28}}</ref>
Jewett was a controversial figure in evangelicalism beginning with his book ''Man as Male and Female'' which reconsidered traditional theology on the male/female relationship going so far as to suggest Paul was at times chauvinistic and uninspired in some areas of the New Testament epistles.<ref name=Pinnock>[[Clark H. Pinnock]] "''Who We Are: Our Dignity as Human''," ''[[Theology Today]]'' Oct. 1997.</ref> His last work, co-authored with [[Marguerite Shuster]] was meant to be part of a larger systematic theology he was writing but died before completing. It revealed liberal views on evolution, abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality.<ref name=Pinnock />
==Personal life and death== Jewett married his wife Christine in 1945, and had two daughters. He died of cancer in Pasadena on September 10, 1991.<ref name=Perspectives /><ref name=LATimes /><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=October 16, 1991 |title=Jewett, Paul King, 1919-1991 |magazine=The Christian Century |volume=108 |issue=29 |pages=930}}</ref>
==Books== * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1954 |title=Emil Brunner's Concept of Revelation |publisher=James Clarke |url=https://archive.org/details/emilbrunnersconc0000paul/page/n5/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1961 |title=Emil Brunner: An Introduction to the Man and His Thought |publisher=InterVarsity Press |url=https://archive.org/details/emilbrunnerintro0000jewe/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1971 |title=The Lord's Day: A Theological Guide to the Christian Day of Worship |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://archive.org/details/lordsdaytheologi0000paul |via=Internet Archive}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1975 |title=Man as Male and Female: A Study in Sexual Relationships from a Theological Point of View |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Man+as+Male+and+Female+Jewett |via=Open Library}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1978 |title=Infant Baptism and the Covenant of Grace: An Appraisal of the Argument That As Infants Were Once Circumcised, So They Should Now Be Baptized |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Infant+Baptism+and+the+Covenant+of+Grace+Jewett |via=Open Library}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1980 |title=The Ordination of Women: An Essay on the Office of Christian Ministry |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://openlibrary.org/search?q=The+Ordination+of+Women+Jewett |via=Open Library}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1985 |title=Election and Predestination |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://archive.org/details/electionpredesti0000jewe |via=Internet Archive}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1991 |title=God, Creation, and Revelation: A Neo-Evangelical Theology |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://openlibrary.org/search?q=God+Creation+and+Revelation+Jewett |via=Open Library}} * {{cite book |last=Jewett |first=Paul King |year=1996 |title=Who We Are: Our Dignity as Human: A Neo-Evangelical Theology |editor-last=Shuster |editor-first=Marguerite |publisher=Eerdmans |url=https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Who+We+Are+Our+Dignity+as+Human+Jewett |via=Open Library}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr0kPqVP5GE 1987 Payton Lectures Panel Discussion at Fuller Seminary with Paul King Jewett and others] * [https://archive.org/details/perspectivesonch0000unse_u3l5 Perspectives on Christology: Essays in Honor of Paul K. Jewett]
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