Frank Schaeffer ist ein gefeierter Autor, dessen Werke sich mit der Komplexität von Glauben und persönlichem Kampf auseinandersetzen. Nachdem er Herausforderungen wie schwere Legasthenie und eine fundamentalistische Kindheit überwunden hat, hat er sich als Geschichtenerzähler eine starke Stimme geschaffen. Seine Schriften thematisieren oft Erlösung, Vergebung und die Suche nach Wahrheit. Schaeffers unverwechselbarer Stil, der persönliche Reflexion mit breiteren gesellschaftlichen Kommentaren verbindet, spricht Leser an, die tiefgründige und zum Nachdenken anregende Erzählungen suchen.
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.
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.
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