Herbert Berg (scholar)


Herbert Berg, a scholar of religion, was trained at the University of Toronto's Centre for the Study of Religion in the late 1980s and early 1990s; he is a Professor in the Department of International Studies and the Department of Philosophy and Religion, at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and was the Director of the International Studies from 2011 to 2018. At UNCW, he has been recognized with the University of North Carolina Board of Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Governor’s Award for Excellence for "Outstanding State Government Service", the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, the Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award, the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, and the Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award.
Although also recognized as a specialist on the Nation of Islam, Berg's primary work shares much in common with scholars who study the earliest histories of modern religious movements. In this regard, he uses social theory to study the historical sources and context of the early texts of Islam.

Works by Herbert Berg