Influential Baptist theologian James Leo Garrett Jr. dies at 94
James Leo Garrett Jr., known as the “dean of Southern Baptist theologians,” died February 5 at the age of 94.
Garrett is credited with helping to shape the Southern Baptist Convention as it grew into the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. During his 48-year academic career, he taught theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Baylor University in addition to heading the Baptist World Alliance’s Study Commission on Cooperative Christianity and lecturing around the world.
He also wrote two of the most influential works on Baptist theology: Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical, and Evangelical and Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study.
