James Leo Garrett Jr. (November 25, 1925 – February 5, 2020) was an American theologian.
[1] He was converted in 1935 and was baptized into membership at the Seventh and James Baptist Church in Waco.
[2] In his long academic career, he has taught at Southwestern Baptist Seminary (1949–1959, 1979–), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky (1959–1973) and Baylor University in Waco, Texas (1973–1979).
He has also been a visiting professor at the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has also been a guest lecturer in the countries of Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, the Ukraine, and Romania, and at several schools in the United States.