Frank Schaeffer is an acclaimed author whose works delve into the complexities of faith and personal struggle. Having overcome challenges such as severe dyslexia and a fundamentalist childhood, he has forged a powerful voice as a storyteller. His writing often explores themes of redemption, forgiveness, and the search for truth. Schaeffer's distinctive style, blending personal reflection with broader societal commentary, resonates with readers seeking profound and thought-provoking narratives.
This is the story of Calvin Becker, son of a missionary family on vacation in Italy in the early '60s. Calvin must cope with his father's bad moods, his mother's embarrassing habit of preaching to "Pagan" strangers, his sister's pious tattling, the the beautiful Jennifer, a fellow tourist who's captured his heart and made him determined to be "normal" once and for all.
By the time he was nineteen, Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer, had achieved global fame as bestselling evangelical authors and speakers, and Frank had joined his father on the evangelical circuit. He would go on to speak before thousands in arenas around America, publish his own evangelical bestseller, and work with such figures as Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Dr. James Dobson. But all the while Schaeffer felt increasingly alienated, precipitating a crisis of faith that would ultimately lead to his departure—even if it meant losing everything. With honesty, empathy, and humor, Schaeffer delivers “a brave and important book” (Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog)—both a fascinating insider's look at the American evangelical movement and a deeply affecting personal odyssey of faith.
A post-coronavirus evolution-based how-to for putting living ahead of work.
A study of how Christians have sacrificed the artistic prominence they enjoyed for centuries and settled instead for marginal and uninspiring works, including trinkets, tee shirts, and bumper stickers.
A timely collection of writings and letters from soldiers on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan provides a personal inside glimpse of the war and an emotional and human portrait of life in the military, from dangerous patrols to field hospitals to homecoming.
"The story is set in the 1980s and is about Billy, a young fundamentalist Christian who feels called to go to Hollywood to make "God's movie." But everything goes off the rails when he accepts a job to direct a soft-porn slasher/exploitation film in apartheid-era South Africa"--Page 4 of cover.
Oder wie ich versuchte, meine Großmutter zu bekehren
Calvin, jüngster Spross einer in der Schweiz lebenden amerikanischen Missionarsfamilie, steckt mitten in Pubertätskonflikten. Als er Jennifer kennen lernt, entfernt er sich immer mehr von den engherzigen Moralvorstellungen seiner Eltern.
