Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

by Lucy S. R. Austen

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2023

Overview

An In-Depth Biography on the Life and Work of Missionary Elisabeth Elliot

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) is one of the most widely known Christians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. After the death of her husband, Jim, and four other missionaries at the hands of Waorani tribesmen in Ecuador, Elliot famously returned to live among the same people who had killed her husband. Her legacy, however, extends far beyond these events. In the years that followed, Elliot became a prolific writer and speaker, touching the lives of countless people around the world.

In this single-volume biography, Lucy S. R. Austen takes readers on an in-depth journey through the life of Elisabeth Elliot—her birth to missionary parents, her courtship and marriage to Jim Elliot, her missions work in Ecuador, and her private life and public work after she returned to the United States. Through Elliot’s example of love for God and obedience to his commands, readers will ponder what it means to follow Jesus.

Single-Volume Biography on Elisabeth Elliot: Author Lucy S. R. Austen explores Elliot’s professional articles, books, and radio programs, as well as personal scrapbooks, journals, and letters

Engaging: Tells the complex and moving life story of one of the most well-known Christian missionaries

A Great Resource for Students: Thoroughly researched book provides information about Elliot beyond her work with the Waorani people and her first husband’s death

Key Features

• Explores Elliot’s professional articles, books, and radio programs
• Tells the complex and moving life story of one of the most well-known Christian missionaries
• Provides information about Elliot beyond her work with the Waorani people and her first husband’s death

Contents

• Part 1: 1926–1952
• Part 2: 1952–1963
• Part 3: 1963–2015

Product Details

• Title: Elisabeth Elliot: A Life
• Author: Lucy S. R. Austen
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 612
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Elliot, Elisabeth; Missionaries › Ecuador--Biography; Missionaries › United States--Biography
• ISBNs: 9781433565915, 9781433565946, 9781433565922, 1433565919, 1433565943, 1433565927
• Resource ID: LLS:LSBTHLLTLF
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biography
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-02T16:38:23Z

About Lucy S. R. Austen

Lucy S. R. Austen (BA, University of Washington) is a writer, editor, and teacher. She has served on the editorial staff of the Spring Hill Review, contributed to various publications, and developed two high-school English textbooks on prominent Christian authors. She has also spent over a decade studying source materials on Elisabeth Elliot. S. R. Austen lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband and children.