Herbert Schlossberg
Herbert Schlossberg (8 April 1935 – 31 May 2019) was an American historian and social theorist.
Schlossberg was educated at Bethel College, the University of Missouri, the American University, and the University of Minnesota.[1] He taught history at the University of Waterloo and then worked as an analyst for the CIA from 1965 to 1969.[2] He then taught at Harrisburg Area Community College and Shepherd College before becoming a writer.
Schlossberg's first book was Idols for Destruction: Christian Faith and Its Confrontation with American Society (Thomas Nelson, 1983). John Frame noted that Schlossberg built on the work of Rousas Rushdoony and Gary North in arguing that "the secular conservative movement is inadequate because it is itself too socialistic."[2]
Schlossberg also wrote two books on Victorian England: The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England (Ohio State University Press, 2000) and Conflict and Crisis in the Religious Life of Late Victorian England (Transaction Publishers, 2011).
Schlossberg also served as director of the Fieldstead Institute.[3][4] He joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center as a senior research associate in 2006.[5]
Schlossberg died of pancreatic cancer on 31 May 2019.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Olasky, Marvin (3 June 2019). "Christian and historian Schlossberg dies at age 84". World. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b Frame, John (1984). "Review of Herbert Schlossberg's Idols for Destruction". Westminster Theological Journal. 46 (2): 438–444. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Blumenthal, Max (2009). Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party. Nation Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4587-6671-7. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Boice, James Montgomery (2009). Whatever Happened to The Gospel of Grace?: Rediscovering the Doctrines That Shook the World. Crossway. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4335-2383-0. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Herbert Schlossberg, Historian of Christianity and Society, Joins EPPC". Ethics and Public Policy Center. 13 March 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- 1935 births
- 2019 deaths
- Historians of Christianity
- American social historians
- Bethel University (Minnesota) alumni
- University of Missouri alumni
- American University alumni
- University of Minnesota alumni
- Shepherd University faculty
- Analysts of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in the United States
- Ethics and Public Policy Center