The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015

James Leo Garrett Jr. had a long, impactful, and prestigious career as a theologian and theological educator at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Baylor University, and, for most of his career, at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, until his passing in early 2020. He authored a major two-volume work, Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical, and Evangelical (Wipf & Stock), the monumental Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study, and numerous other books and articles.

James Leo Garrett, Jr. has been called "the last of the gentlemen theologians" and "the dean of Southern Baptist theologians." In The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1950-2015, the reader will find a truly dazzling collection of works that clearly evince the meticulous scholarship, the even-handed treatment, the biblical fidelity, the wide historical breadth, and the honest sincerity that have made the work and person of James Leo Garrett, Jr. so esteemed and revered among so many. The first two volumes of the series explore Dr. Garrett's writings on the experience, history, and lives of Baptist Christians, and this inaugural vome specifically considers Baptists, Baptist views of the Bible, and Anabaptists. Spanning sixty-five years and touching on topics from Baptist history, theology, ecclesiology, church history and biography, religious liberty, Roman Catholicism, and the Christian life, The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1950-2015 will inform and inspire readers regardless of their religious or denominational affiliations.