Poor Man’s Earl

An introduction to Lord Shaftesbury, the great reformer

By John Pollock
Foreword by Os Guinness
(1999)

Lord Shaftesbury’s enduring legacy provides a clear example of how one can linke privilege and responsibility in a prosperous society.

This Reading is currently out of print—but is available here as an audio CD.

Our situation at the dawn of the twenty-first century is often compared with that of the nineteenth-century industrial revolution. Rapid change, progress, and prosperity comes at the cost of intense social dislocation and human suffering. Back then it was one man, Lord Shaftesbury, who decisively led the necessary reforms.

This Reading—an original, fresh, and accessible introduction to the life and work of the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury—is a Trinity Forum exclusive. The foreword highlights the connections between Shaftesbury’s times and our own. This is an ideal companion piece to our bestselling Reading on William Wilberforce, also by John Pollock.

Category: Readings (No. 23)