Timothy George has been the dean of Beeson Divinity School since its inception in 1988. As founding dean, George has been instrumental in shaping its character and mission. He teaches church history and doctrine. He serves as theological advisor for Christianity Today, and is on the editorial boards of First Things, Ecclesiology, and Books & Culture. George has written more than 20 books and regularly contributes to scholarly journals. His book Theology of the Reformers has been translated into several languages, including Chinese, and is used as a textbook in many schools and seminaries. Among his recent books are The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking (with David S. Dockery; Crossway 2012), Reading Scripture with the Reformers (Intervarsity 2011), Amazing Grace: God's Pursuit, Our Response (Crossway 2011), Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? (Zondervan, 2002) and The Mark of Jesus: Loving in a Way the World Can See (with John Woodbridge; Moody 2005). He edited J.I. Packer and the Evangelical Future (Baker Academic 2009), Evangelicals and the Nicene Faith (Baker Academic 2011) and co-edited the book Our Sufficiency is Of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor (Mercer University Press 2010). An ordained minister in the Southern Baptist Convention, George has been active in various ecumenical ventures including Evangelicals and Catholics Together and the International Baptist-Roman Catholic Dialogue. He currently chairs the Doctrine and Christian Unity Commission of the Baptist World Alliance. He is married to Denise Wyse George and they have two adult children.
