Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) was probably the single greatest
intellectual influence on young evangelicals of the 1960s and '70s.
He was cultural critic, popular intellectual mentor, political
activist, evangelist, Christian apologist, and the author of over
twenty books and two important films. Along with his wife, Edith,
he founded L'Abri, a loving community of intellectual and spiritual
exploration where visitors ranged from European existentialists to
American evangelicals and even some radicals.
In America he lectured widely on college campuses, where he
encouraged world-wary evangelicals to engage the culture around
them. Along the way he attracted a great many admirers, a few
critics, many admirers who became critics, and a few critics who
learned to admire him. It is, in short, impossible to understand
the intellectual world of evangelicalism today without
understanding 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. 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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