Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Evangelical America
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2008
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Publisher's Description
Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984) was probably the single greatest intellectual influence on young evangelicals of the 1960s and '70s. He was cultural critic, popular mentor, political activist, Christian apologist, founder of L'Abri, and the author of over twenty books and two important films. It is impossible to understand the intellectual world of contemporary evangelicalism apart from Francis Schaeffer. Barry Hankins has written a critical but appreciative biography that explains how Schaeffer was shaped by the contexts of his life -- from young fundamentalist pastor in America, to greatly admired mentor, to lecturer and activist who encouraged world-wary evangelicals to engage the culture around them. Drawing extensively from primary sources, including personal interviews, Hankins paints a picture of a complex, sometimes flawed, but ultimately prophetic figure in American evangelicalism and beyond.
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“Significant lives are rarely straightforward or simple, a fact fully documented by Barry Hankins's absorbing account of Francis Schaeffer's steady transformation from working-class schoolboy and fundamentalist warrior to internationally famous evangelical author and lecturer, the founder of L'Abri, and an incalculable influence over a generation of young Christians trying to make sense of the 1960s. Schaeffer's books and films — as well as that famous beard and Swiss knickers — are an essential piece of late-twentieth-century American evangelicalism and its complex passage into a movement out to wage war against the forces of secularism. Hankins's deft treatment of Schaeffer's life is a must-read for anyone interested in probing the human stories beneath the popular stereotypes.”
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