The Gospel According to Peanuts

by Robert L. Short

Overview

While Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the Peanuts gang have enjoyed the kind of success most cartoon characters can only dream about—becoming pop culture icons of the highest order and entering the global consciousness practically as family members—Robert Short's The Gospel According to Peanuts also has found a place in the hearts of many readers, with sales now totaling more than ten million copies. This anniversary edition features a new cover, a new interior design, and a new foreword by Martin E. Marty. Whether coming to the book for the first time or taking a second look, a delightful experience awaits in this modern-day guide to the Christian faith, fully illustrated with Peanuts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664222222
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	The Gospel according to...
Edition description:	Anniversary
Pages:	130
Sales rank:	376,778
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.33(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Robert L. Short is perhaps best known for his first book, The Gospel according to Peanuts, which was lauded by The New York Times Book Review as "a 'perilous experiment' that comes off and earned the "admiration and respect of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he regularly traveled and preached throughout the country, presenting programs in Christian faith and the arts at churches and colleges. His other books include Something to Believe In, The Gospel According to Dogs, and The Parables of Dr. Seuss.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
I	The Church and the Arts	1
II	"The Whole Trouble": Original Sin	29
III	The Wages of Sin is "Aaaughh!"	56
IV	Good Grief!	80
V	The Hound of Heaven	100
VI	Concluding Unscientific Postscript	118
	Notes	126