Harold O. J. Brown
Harold O. J. Brown (July 6, 1933 - July 8, 2007) was a theologian, professor, activist, and author in the United States.[1][2] He was a professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He was born in Tampa.[1] An evangelical Christian he was part of a pan-Christian movement that developed in the wake of the 1960s counter culture.[3] He cofounded the Christian Action Council[1] which established crisis pregnancy centers.
He completed his Master of Sacred Theology at Harvard University in 1959, with a thesis on the topic of Joachim of Floris and the Third Age in History.[4] He completed his Doctor of Philosophy, also at Harvard University, in 1967 with a dissertation on the topic of John Łaski: a theological biography, a Polish contribution to the Protestant reformation under the supervision of George Huntston Williams and Wiktor Weintraub.[5]
A lecture series at RTS is named for him.[6]
Books
[edit]- The Protest of a Troubled Protestant (1969)[7]
- Christianity and the Class Struggle (1970)
- Death Before Birth (1977)
- The Reconstruction of the Republic (1977)[8]
- Heresies: The Image of Christ in the Mirror of Heresy and Orthodoxy from the Apostles to the Present (1984)
- The Sensate Culture (1996)[6]
Articles
[edit]- ”The Passivity of American Christians”[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Harold Brown Obituary (2007)". Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, NC: Legacy.com.
- ^ Wunderink, Susan (9 July 2007). "Theologian Harold O. J. Brown Dies at 74". ChristianityToday.com.
- ^ Huntington, John (8 March 2020). "The Kennedy Speech that Stoked the Rise of the Christian Right". POLITICO.
- ^ http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990014134060203941/catalog
- ^ https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990038205770203941/catalog
- ^ a b "Harold O.J. Brown Lecture Series". Reformed Theological Seminary.
- ^ Frye, Roland Mushat (January 1970). "The Protest of a Troubled Protestant, by Harold O. J. Brown. 282 pp. New Rochelle, Arlington House, 1969. $5.95". Theology Today. 26 (4): 484–486. doi:10.1177/004057367002600420. S2CID 170417612.
- ^ "The Reconstruction of the Republic by Harold O.J. Brown (Arlington House; 205 pp.; $8.95)". Worldview. 20 (5): 54–55. May 1977. doi:10.1017/S0084255900023573.
- ^ Mitchell, C Ben (Fall 2007). "IN MEMORIAM: HAROLD O. J. BROWN (1933-2007)". Ethics & Medicine. 23 (3): 133–134. ProQuest 275071128.
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