Parables of Peanuts

Zusatztext ". . . a real delight from beginning to end. I could not possibly be more pleased." Informationen zum Autor Robert L. Short has been writing and lecturing on Charles Schulz's Peanuts cartoon strips and the gospel for more than forty years. He is the author of the huge bestsellers The Gospel According to Peanuts and The Parables of Peanuts. An ordained minister and a widely traveled speaker in theology and the arts, Short was a close friend of Charles Schulz and holds graduate degrees in theology and literature from S.M.U., North Texas University, and the University of Chicago Divinity School. Klappentext First published in 1968, this contemporary case for vigorous Christian faith -- profusely illustrated by Charles Schulz's delightful peanuts cartoon strips -- sheds more light on the Christian faith and how it is to be lived than many more "serious" theological works, with hundreds of cartoons featuring your favorite peanuts characters Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, And of course, Snoopy (including the earliest red baron strips). This book's wise observations are as timeless as they are timely. "Short . . .succeeds in making theology enjoyable." --Christian Century ". . . a real delight from beginning to end. I could not possibly be more pleased." --Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts Zusammenfassung First published in 1968, this contemporary case for vigorous Christian faith -- profusely illustrated by Charles Schulz's delightful peanuts cartoon strips -- sheds more light on the Christian faith and how it is to be lived than many more "serious" theological works, with hundreds of cartoons featuring your favorite peanuts characters Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, And of course, Snoopy (including the earliest red baron strips). This book's wise observations are as timeless as they are timely. "Short . . .succeeds in making theology enjoyable." --Christian Century ". . . a real delight from beginning to end. I could not possibly be more pleased." --Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts ...

Product details

• Authors: Robert Short, Robert L Short, Robert L. Short
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2002
• EAN: 9780060011611
• ISBN: 978-0-06-001161-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Christianity, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Christian life and practice, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Relating to Christian people and groups, Devotional material, RELIGION: Christianity / General, HUMOR: Form / Essays, RELIGION: Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION: Christianity / Literature & the Arts, RELIGION: Christian Living / Inspirational, HUMOR: Topic / Relationships, HUMOR: Topic / Religion, PHILOSOPHY: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION: Christian Living / Devotional, RELIGION: Ethics, The arts: general topics