Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)

by Frank Schaeffer

Publisher:

Da Capo Press

, 2009

Frank Schaeffer has a problem with Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and the rest of the New Atheists--the self-anointed "Brights." He also has a problem with the Rick Warrens and Tim LaHayes of the world. The problem is that he doesn't see much of a difference between the two camps. As Schaeffer puts it, they "often share the same fallacy: truth claims that reek of false certainties. I believe that there is an alternative that actually matches the way life is lived rather than how we usually talk about belief."

Sparing no one and nothing, including himself and his fiery evangelical past, and invoking subtleties too easily ignored by the pontificators, Schaeffer adds much-needed nuance to the conversation. "My writing has smoked out so many individuals who seem to be thinking about the same questions. I hope that this book will provide a meeting place for us, the scattered refugees of what I'll call The Church of Hopeful Uncertainty."

Product Details

• Title: Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)
• Author: Frank Schaeffer
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780786746545, 9780306818547, 030681854X, 0786746548
• Resource ID: LLS:9780786746545
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-26T18:26:10Z

About Frank Schaeffer

Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. He is the son of the late theologian and author, Dr. Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels depicting life in a strict, fundamentalist household including Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma.