Letters to a Young Doubter

In an exchange of letters over the months of an academic year, the former chaplain at Yale writes about an imagined bright, young college student, answering his questions and giving sage advice about problems of faith, the difficulties of personal life, and the ever more confusing and complex problems of today's world.

About the author

William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights Freedom Rider, indicted by the U.S. government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip. Both Union Theological Seminary in New York and Yale University have established scholarships in his honor.Included in his works are Credo and A Passion for the Possible, both available from WJK.

Product details

• Authors: William Sloane Coffin, William Sloane Coffine
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2013
• EAN: 9780664239961
• ISBN: 978-0-664-23996-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 217 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works