Harold O. J. Brown Explained

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

• 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

• ”The Passivity of American Christians”^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: Harold Brown Obituary (2007) . Charlotte, NC . Charlotte Observer . Legacy.com .
2. News: Wunderink . Susan . Theologian Harold O. J. Brown Dies at 74 . ChristianityToday.com . 9 July 2007 .
3. News: Huntington . John . The Kennedy Speech that Stoked the Rise of the Christian Right . POLITICO . 8 March 2020 .
4. http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990014134060203941/catalog
5. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990038205770203941/catalog
6. Web site: Harold O.J. Brown Lecture Series. Reformed Theological Seminary.
7. Frye . Roland Mushat . The Protest of a Troubled Protestant, by Harold O. J. Brown. 282 pp. New Rochelle, Arlington House, 1969. $5.95 . Theology Today . January 1970 . 26 . 4 . 484–486 . 10.1177/004057367002600420 . 170417612 .
8. The Reconstruction of the Republic by Harold O.J. Brown (Arlington House; 205 pp.; $8.95) . Worldview . May 1977 . 20 . 5 . 54–55 . 10.1017/S0084255900023573 .
9. . C Ben . Mitchell . IN MEMORIAM: HAROLD O. J. BROWN (1933-2007) . Ethics & Medicine . 23 . 3 . Fall 2007 . 133–134 .