Donald K. McKim

Dr. Donald K. McKim is an American Reformed theologian, prolific academic editor, and historical-theology specialist. He served as Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Memphis Theological Seminary and as Professor of Theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, with prior education at Westminster College (PA) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He served as Academic and Reference Editor for Westminster John Knox Press, where he edited many of the standard Reformed-theology reference works of the past three decades. His editorial catalog includes *The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin* (Cambridge University Press, 2004), *Calvin and the Bible* (Cambridge UP, 2006), *Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters* (InterVarsity, 2007), *The Westminster Handbook to Reformed Theology* (WJK, 2001), and *Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith*. His authored catalog includes *Reformed Theology from A to Z*, *Everyday Prayer with the Puritans*, *Everyday Prayer with John Calvin*, and pastoral-devotional volumes drawing on Reformed historical sources.

• Cessation — Broadly cessationist Reformed mainstream.
• Tradition Weight — Substantial; Reformed historical theology is living inheritance for contemporary Christian life. McKim's editorial-curatorial work makes this tradition academically-and-pastorally accessible.
• Contemplative vs Petitionary Balance — Drawing on Calvin and the Puritans, prayer integrates contemplative-and-petitionary dimensions. McKim's *Everyday Prayer* devotional volumes operationalize this.
• Election and Predestination — Reformed soteriology — McKim operates within the Calvinist tradition academically.