David A. Rausch
{{Short description|American author and academic}}
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| name = David A. Rausch
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|06|22}}
| birth_place = Warren, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|01|04|1947|06|22}}
| occupation = Historian, author
}}
David A. Rausch (1947-2023) was an author and Professor of History at Ashland University in Ohio.{{Cite web|title=Academic Author: Craig, Russell L.|url=https://mellenpress.com/author/russell-l-craig/1470/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=mellenpress.com}}
Early life
Rausch was born on June 22, 1947 in Warren, Ohio, to Samuel Albert Rausch and Marion June Palette Rausch.{{cite news |author= |date=January 13, 2023 |title=David A. Rausch |url=https://www.times-gazette.com/obituaries/pwoo0402345 |work=Times-Gazette |location=Ashland, Ohio |access-date=August 21, 2023}}
Education and career
Rausch received his M.A. in History from Youngstown State University in 1973 with a thesis "The Historical Jesus: A Current Perspective,"[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908570151 WorldCat item entry] and his Ph.D. in History from Kent State University in 1978 with a thesis "Proto-Fundamentalism's Attitudes toward Zionism, 1878–1918."[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5088159 WorldCat item entry]
He spent most of his academic career as a Professor at Ashland University in Ohio{{cite web|author=David A. Rausch|date=June 1980|title=Fundamentalism And The Jew: An Interpretive Essay|url=http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/23/23-2/23-2-pp105-112_JETS.pdf|publisher=Jets}}{{cite journal|author=Robin W. Lovin|date=March 1987|title=Church History Vol. 56, No. 1|journal=Church History|publisher=Cambridge University Press|volume=56|issue=1|pages=146–148|jstor=3165349}}{{cite web|author=David A. Rausch|title=The Messianic Jewish Congregational Movement|url=http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1339|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208031950/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1339|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=30 December 2010|publisher=Religion Online|quote=This article appeared in the Christian Century September 15–22, p. 926.}} — first as Professor of Church History and Judaic Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary (a seminary associated{{cite web|title=Brethren Affiliated Education|url=http://www.cob-net.org/college.htm|publisher=Church of the Brethren Network}} with The Brethren Church and graduate school within Ashland University) from 1980-1990, then as Professor of History at Ashland University from 1990 to 2005.{{Cite web|title=Russell L. Craig|url=https://ashbrook.org/event/colloqui-1995-craig/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Ashbrook|language=en-US}} He served as Chair of the History and Political Science Department at Ashland University.
Rausch wrote hundreds of articles more than three dozen books.{{cite web|title=Rausch, David A.|url=http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n82-132992/|publisher=OCLC}}
Death
Rausch died on January 4, 2023, aged 75.{{where|date=February 2024}}{{cite news |date=January 13, 2023 |title=David A. Rausch |url=https://www.times-gazette.com/obituaries/pwoo0402345 |work=Times-Gazette |location=Ashland, Ohio |access-date=August 21, 2023}}
Books
Among the most widely held books by Rausch are the following
- Zionism within Early American Fundamentalism, 1878–1918: A Convergence of Two Traditions (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1979)
- Messianic Judaism: Its History, Theology, and Polity (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1982)
- Arno C. Gaebelein, 1861–1945: Irenic Fundamentalist and Scholar; including conversations with Dr. Frank E. Gaebelein (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1983)
- (editor) Louis Meyer's Eminent Hebrew Christians of the Nineteenth Century: Brief Biographical Sketches (1983)
- A Legacy of Hatred: Why Christians must not Forget the Holocaust (Baker, 1984)
- Protestantism: Its Modern Meaning (Fortress Press, 1987)
- Building Bridges: Understanding Jews and Judaism (1988)
- World Religions: Our Quest for Meaning (Trinity Press International, 1989)
- The Middle East Maze: Israel and her Neighbors (Moody, 1991)
- Communities in Conflict: Evangelicals and Jews (Trinity Press International, 1991)
- Fundamentalist-Evangelicals and Anti-Semitism (Trinity Press International, 1992)
- Native American Voices (Baker Books, 1994)
- A Historical, Philosophical, and Pragmatic Approach to Penology (Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995)
- Friends, Colleagues, and Neighbors: Jewish Contributions to American History (Baker, 1996)
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Category:American non-fiction writers