Short description
Schaeffer reached both the intellectual and the laborer, the scientist and the artist, the doubter and the faithless. This authoritative biography draws on a specially collected oral history to reveal who he was and how he became one of the foremost shapers of modern evangelical Christianity.
Long description
Pastor, filmmaker, apologist, and political activist Francis Schaeffer reached both the intellectual and the humble laborer, the scientist and the artist, the doubting Christian and the skeptical non-believer, Colin Duriez's authoritative biography--which draws on over 150,000 words of oral history--portrays not just the man and his relationships but the development of Schaeffer's ideas, lectures, writings, seminars, and movies--his Christian worldview. Having studied under and having personally interviewed Schaeffer, Duriez reveals his complexities as a person and the distinct phases of his life within their historical context so that readers may truly understand this shaper of modern evangelicalism. With only one other full-length biography of Schaeffer currently available, this important book fills a void, revealing the journey of a man whose abiding passion for truth, reality, a full-orbed faith, and the needs of people made him a spiritual giant.