Kim Ian Parker

{{short description|Canadian scholar}}

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| nationality = Canadian

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| alma_mater = McMaster University

| thesis_title = Narrative Tension in I Kings 1–11

| thesis_url = https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/6806

| thesis_year = 1988

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| doctoral_advisor = {{hlist | A. Eugene Combs | A. M. Cooper}}

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| influences = John Locke

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| discipline = Religious studies

| sub_discipline = {{hlist | Biblical studies | Enlightenment philosophy | political philosophy}}

| workplaces = Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Kim Ian Parker (born 1956) is a Canadian religious studies scholar, who serves as a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.{{cite web |title=K. I. Parker's Research |url=http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~kparker/research.htm |website=Memeriol University |accessdate=4 December 2018}}

He is known for his research on the Bible and the works of John Locke.{{cite journal |last1=Pailin |first1=David A. |title=The Biblical Politics of John Locke. By Kim Ian Parker. Pp. x + 201. (Editions SR, 29.) Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004. |isbn=0-88920-450-0|journal=The Journal of Theological Studies |date=1 October 2005 |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=776–781 |doi=10.1093/jts/fli226 |language=en |issn=1477-4607}}{{cite journal |last1=Nuovo |first1=Victor |date=2008 |title=Review: The Biblical Politics of John Locke |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/files/hic/nuovo-on-parker.pdf |journal=History of Intellectual Culture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418222142/https://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/files/hic/nuovo-on-parker.pdf |archive-date=2019-04-18 |accessdate=4 December 2018}}{{cite journal |last1=Reedy |first1=Gerard |title=The Biblical Politics of John Locke (review) |journal=University of Toronto Quarterly |date=10 February 2006 |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=258–259 |doi=10.1353/utq.2006.0198 |s2cid=154962081 |language=en |issn=1712-5278}}{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=Joshua |title=The Biblical Politics of John Locke |journal=Ars Disputandi |date=January 2007 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=80–82 |doi=10.1080/15665399.2007.10819949 |issn=1566-5399|doi-access=free }}

Parker has held various grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.