Timothy George


Timothy George is an American theologian and journalist. He became the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School at the school's inception in 1988 and was the dean from 1989-2019, now serving as Research Professor of Divinity. George teaches church history and doctrine and serves as executive editor for Christianity Today. He is on the editorial advisory boards of the Harvard Theological Review, Christian History, and Books & Culture. He also serves as a fellow for The Center for Baptist Renewal.

Career

George has served on the Board of Directors of Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has written more than 20 books and regularly contributes to scholarly journals. His book Theology of the Reformers has been translated into several languages and is used as a textbook in many schools and seminaries.
His most recent books are Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? and The Mark of Jesus: Loving in a Way the World Can See He edited J.I. Packer and the Evangelical Future and co-edited the book Our Sufficiency is Of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor.
George is active in evangelical–Roman Catholic Church dialogue. He co-authored the with Roman Catholic lawyer Robert P. George.
He is also an ordained minister and has been pastor of churches in Tennessee, Alabama, and Massachusetts.

Personal life

He and his wife, Denise, have two adult children.
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Some of his articles are available online: