Page Lecture with Timothy George
Dr. Timothy George will present this year’s Page lectures. His evening lecture titled “St. Augustine: Pilgrim for an Ecotonic Age” will be held in the Ledford Event room on October 17th at 7 PM.
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Timothy George is the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School. As founding dean, he was instrumental in shaping its character and mission. On July 1, 2019, George transitioned from dean to research professor of history and doctrine, and on May 5, 2020, he was named distinguished professor by the Samford University Board of Trustees. This year, he is serving as President of the Evangelical Theological Society.
George is a life advisory trustee of Wheaton College, serves as co-chair of Evangelicals and Catholics Together, and has chaired the Doctrine and Christian Unity Commission of the Baptist World Alliance. He has served as senior theological advisor for Christianity Today and on the editorial advisory boards of First Things and Books & Culture. George is the general editor of the 28-volume Reformation Commentary on Scripture. A prolific author, he has written more than 20 books and regularly contributes to scholarly journals. His recent books include Galatians (Christian Standard Commentary); Reading Scripture with the Reformers; Amazing Grace: God’s Pursuit, Our Response; Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?; Theologians of the Baptist Tradition (with David Dockery); The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking: A Student’s Guide (with David Dockery); and Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor (with James Earl Massey and Robert Smith, Jr.). His Theology of the Reformers (25th Anniversary ed., 2013) is the standard textbook on Reformation theology in many schools and seminaries and has been translated into multiple languages. An ordained minister in the Southern Baptist Convention, George has served churches in Georgia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Alabama. He and his wife, Denise, have two adult children.