Herbert Schlossberg
Author of Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture
About the Author
Herbert Schlossberg is a senior research associate at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Image credit: Photo courtesy of Herbert Schlossberg
Works by Herbert Schlossberg
Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture (1983) 433 copies, 2 reviews
Turning Point: A Christian Worldview Declaration (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) (1987) 141 copies, 2 reviews
Called to Suffer, Called to Triumph: Eighteen True Stories by Persecuted Christians (1990) 57 copies
A Fragrance of Oppression: The Church and Its Persecutors (TURNING POINT CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW SERIES) (1991) 47 copies
A Fragrance of Oppression: The Church and Its Persecutors (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) (1991) 38 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1935-04-08
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Bethel College (B.A.)
University of Missouri (M.A.)
American University (M.P.A.)
University of Minnesota (Ph.D.|European intellectual history) - Organizations
- Ethics and Public Policy Center (Fellow)
- Short biography
- Herbert Schlossberg, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a leading scholar on the relationship between Christianity and the societies in which it has existed. His most recent book, The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England, studies the effect on English society of the religious revival of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is completing a follow-on volume that takes the study to the end of the Victorian period. Mr. Schlossberg has also been a university history teacher, a Soviet military specialist at the CIA, a college dean, and a businessman.
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Reviews
Looks at persecution primarily from the communist world, where much of it was coming from at the time the book was being written, and Islamic world. Communism collapsed before publication. Particularly good chapter on a theological understanding of persecution.
I am surprised that this book is not better known. I found Mr. Schlossbergs ideas stimulating and surpassingly important in understanding current events. Unfortunately some of the references and data are dated. I would love to see an updated version
American Christianity is at a turning point. We face perhaps the greatest challenge - and the greatest opportunity - since the founding of the country. The challenge is the tidal wave of militant anti-Christian belief engulfing community. The opportunity for Christians to proclaim the truth and provide answers is great. This book outlines a bold new strategy for Christians to live out their faith in every area of life - to demonstrate that Jesus is indeed Lord of our personal lives.
We need to prepare ourselves for world view challenges. We cannot simply try to return to a bygone era.
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- Works
- 10
- Members
- 870
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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