Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer

Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer

Frank Schaeffer grew up in Switzerland's L'Abri, an idealistic community founded by his parents, the American evangelicals Francis and Edith Schaeffer. By the time he was 19, his parents had achieved global fame as best-selling authors and speakers, l'Abri had become a mecca for spiritual seekers worldwide from Barbara Bush to Timothy Leary and Frank had joined his father on the evangelical circuit. By the age of 23, he had directed two multi-part religious documentaries and had helped instigate the marriage between the American evangelical community and the anti-abortion movement. But as he spoke before thousands in arenas around America, published his own evangelical bestseller, and worked with such figures as Pat Robertson, Jack Kemp, Jerry Falwell, and Dr. James Dobson, Schaeffer felt alienated, precipitating his own crisis of faith and eventually resulting in his departure. Schaeffer has since become a successful secular author. He was reduced to stealing pork chops from the grocery store in LA, rather than take on any more high-paying evangelical speaking gigs. With its up-close portraits of the leading figures of the American evangelical movement, Crazy for God is a uniquely revealing and powerful memoir, which tells its story with empathy, humor, and bite.

Frank Schaeffer is the author of more than a dozen New York Times bestselling fiction and nonfiction books. Frank is a polio survivor who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary film director, and a feature film director who has directed four low-budget Hollywood features that Frank regards as quite horrible. He's also a painter with a devoted following of collectors who hold a large number of his oil works. Frank's three semi-autobiographical novels (Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma) have been translated into nine languages and recount growing up in a fundamentalist mission. Frank may be found on Twitter at www.twitter.com/frank_schaeffer, and his paintings can be found at http: //www.frankschaefferart.com/. Frank can also be found on Facebook at https: //www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16, and he can be reached at http: //www.frankschaeffer.co.

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ISBN 13	9780786718917
ISBN 10	0786718919
Title	Crazy for God
Author	Frank Schaeffer
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
Year published	2007-10-01
Number of pages	448
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