Background
Bassett, Paul Merritt was born on May 28, 1935 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Gardner and Ruth Abbott (Wiess) Bassett.
Bassett, Paul Merritt was born on May 28, 1935 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Paul Gardner and Ruth Abbott (Wiess) Bassett.
Bachelor of Arts, Olivet Nazarene College, 1957. Bachelor of Divinity, Duke U. Division School, 1960. Postgraduate Ohio State University, 1960-1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1967.
M.Pearl Ann Householter, August 8, 1958.
Teacher Southeastern High School, Ross County, Ohio, 1961—1962. Associate professor Greek and history Trevecca Nazarene College, Nashville, 1965—1966. Assistant professor religious studies West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1966—1969.
Associate professor history christianity Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, 1969—1976, professor, since 1976, director Master of Divinity program, 1981—1986. Director Mexico Extension Program, 1981—1988. Visiting professor Point Loma College, San Diego, 1969—1972, Seminario Nazareno Centroamericana, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1972—1976.
Member Oxford Institute Methodist Theological Studies, 1982, 87.
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Member Oxford Institute Methodist Theological Studies, 1982, 87. Rockefeller fellow in religion, 1964-1965, Wesleyan/Holiness Project fellow, 1987-1990. Member American Society Church History, American History Association, American Catholic History Society, Mediaeval Academy American, Academy Religion, Society Biblical Literature, Wesleyan Theological Society (president elect 1980-1981, president 1981-1982, editor Wesleyan Theological Journal 1987), Kansas City Society for Theological Studies (secretary-treasurer 1981-1986), Academy of Research Historians in Medieval Spain.
Member Church of the Nazarene.
Married Pearl Ann Householter, August 8, 1958. Children: Emilie Ruth, Paul Stephan, Anita Suzanne.