Frederick Herzog

The Reverend
Frederick Herzog
Born
Frederick Ludwig Herzog

(1925-11-29)November 29, 1925
Ashley, North Dakota, US
DiedOctober 9, 1995(1995-10-09) (aged 69)
Durham, North Carolina, US[1]
SpouseKristin Herzog[2]
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
ChurchUnited Church of Christ
Academic background
Alma materPrinceton University
ThesisThe Possibility of Theological Understanding[3] (1953)
Doctoral advisorPaul Lehmann [de]
InfluencesKarl Barth[4]
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineSystematic theology
School or traditionLiberation theology
InstitutionsDuke University
Influenced

Frederick Ludwig Herzog (1925–1995) was an American systematic theologian at Duke University and minister of the United Church of Christ. An impassioned champion of civil rights, his academic focus was liberation theology.

  1. ^ Rieger 2005, p. 1099.
  2. ^ Herzog 2005, pp. xiii, 156.
  3. ^ Herzog 1953.
  4. ^ Rieger & Kwok 2012, p. 73.
  5. ^ Bell 2001, p. ix.