Werner Lange

Werner Jürgen Lange was born in the rubble that was Germany after the fascists got through with the Vaterland, and raised in material poverty in America during the1950s. Anti-fascism is embedded in his DNA. A modest loan through the National

Defense Education Act enabled him to enter The Ohio State University, where he earned a B.A. in sociology and a M.A. in anthropology. Further graduate studies at the Frankfurt School of Critical Sociology and the Frobenius Institute resulted in his 􏰀first doctorate awarded by the Historical Sciences Division of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University based upon ethnological research in southwestern Ethiopia. His second doctorate, one based on research into social ministries, was earned at Ashland Theological Seminary. In 1996 he was ordained by the United Church of Christ, and served as pastor of three small congregations over a ten year period. For most of his adult life, Rev. Dr. Lange taught sociology, religious studies and philosophy at several US universities, the last one being a Catholic institution, Walsh University. He is the author of several professional publications on race relations, inequality, social movements, the social gospel, and the life and legacy of his role model scholar-activist, W.E.B. Du Bois. His most recent publication appeared in the May 2021 edition of Peace Studies Journal, "In Pursuit of Peace Where Freedom Chokes: W.E.B. Du Bois Confronts the Cold War". He and his wife Roxanne are the parents of five adult children who blessed them with ten grandchildren ranging in age from 20 years to two months. In 2022 they celebrate the golden anniversary their wedding which took place in Addis Ababa.