Fred B. Craddock, preeminent preacher, dies at age 86
Fred B. Craddock, a preeminent teacher and practitioner of preaching, died March 6 at age 86 in Blue Ridge, Georgia. He had been ill with Parkinson’s disease.
Craddock taught preaching at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology from 1979 to 1994. His influential books included As One Without Authority and Overhearing the Gospel.
Thomas G. Long, who followed Craddock as the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler, said that mainline Protestant preachers around the country have been affected by his style.
