You may not have heard of Marvin Olasky, but he has had, and still has, a large impact in a Christian and conservative context in North America, and thanks to the publishing of a number of his titles, with the growth of technology as an effective means of dissemination-to-communication, his impact has even reached to the ends of the earth.

Here is a description of how one avenue for his communications describe him…

Marvin Olasky’s Biography

Marvin Olasky is editor-in-chief of the national news magazine World, provost of The King’s College, and a professor of journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Olasky has written 13 books of history and cultural analysis, including Compassionate Conservatism, The American Leadership Tradition, The Religions Next Door, and The Tragedy of American Compassion. Marvin Olasky has also co-authored seven more books (including the recent Monkey Business), written seven monographs, and served as general editor of the Turning Point Christian Worldview series.

Marvin Olasky received an A.B. from Yale University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. He is an elder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Austin, vice-chairman of the board of City School, and a former chairman of the Austin Crisis Pregnancy Center. He has been a foster parent, a Little League assistant coach, and a PTA president.

Marvin Olasky and his wife Susan have four sons: Pete, David, Daniel, and Benjamin. Susan is a senior writer for World and the author of the Annie Henry series of historical novels for children.

You can go and visit WORLDmag HERE!

You can also find a number of his books from THIS PAGE!

However, to give the reader a better insight into the man, WORLDmag have provided an expanding (at the time of posting) collection of material on the man, described the following way…

A pilgrim’s slow progress… Marvin Olasky’s multi-part series of articles and podcasts chronicling his progression from card-carrying Communist to Bible-carrying Christian.

Sound Intriguing?

To view this series, and make the most of any and all of the available resources, go HERE!

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