Donald G. Bloesch is undoubtedly one of North America's foremost evangelical theologians.
The theological dexterity and panoramic scholarship evident in his two-volume classic,
Essentials of Evangelical Theology, not only earned Bloesch a reputation as an
outstanding and creative thinker, it made him one of the most quoted evangelical theologians in
the United States.
In the fall of 1957 Bloesch began his thirty-five year teaching career at the University of
Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. The Administration hired Bloesch to counteract
the influence of the noted Barthian theologian, Art Cochrane, assuming that Bloesch would
reflect the regnant neo-natural theology of his alma mater, the University of Chicago.
Throughout his early years as a professor, Bloesch's theology has gradually shifted from a mild
existentialist Neo-orthodoxy to his mature catholic and Reformed evangelicalism.
In May of 1993, Bloesch retired from teaching at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
so as to devote all of his energies to completing his new seven-volume systematic theology,
Christian Foundations. Volumes one, A Theology of Word and Spirit,
two, Holy Scripture, and three, God The Almighty, are published. The
Bloeschs continue to reside in Dubuque where they are currently working on volumes four on
Christology and five on Pneumatology. The remaining two volumes deal with Ecclesiology, and
Eschatology. Altogether Bloesch has written or edited 29 books and nearly 300 articles.