Posted on 03/17/2008 4:47:42 PM PDT by jdm
From the Os Guinness artticle...
Running away from boarding school at fifteen, Frank was bright and gifted, with talents that showed as clearly in his art then as in his writing now. But he bucked at all formal education and serious tutoring, and his claim that he then received a “’great books’ British university-level literature course” comes as quite a surprise to his tutor. Francis actually praised Frank’s dropping out of school to a friend of mine, arguing that “Christians should be like Bolsheviks.” Later, pushed far out of his depth by the momentum of his and his father’s activism, Frank found himself propelled into becoming the arrogant, pompous, and hollow young fraud that, to his credit, he came to loathe and then repudiate. Frank himself is where the con artistry came into the story.
One of Schaeffer’s books is assigned for a religion class my son has this semester at Hampden Sydney College in VA. Francis Schaeffer is a magna cum laude graduate of HS-C class of 1935.
I also read someplace that Franky was home educated by tutor for a time. His mother’s and sister’s books are quite popular among homeschoolers today.
I am wondering about the religious affiliation ofg his sisters. IIRC one of them became Anglican and Franky is Orthodox, wonder what the other 2 are?
I would assume they would be (or were, anyway) PCA. Francis and Edith were associated with the (then) Reformed Presbyterian Church denomination prior to their births. That denomination eventually merged with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA, not the PCUSA). From what I've read, Francis and Edith were still members of the PCA as of his death in 1984.
One of the telltale signs that Frank(y)'s engaged in half-truths about his parents, is the constant references to them as being evangelicals and fundamentalists. Franky knows better than to use those terms in reference to the PCA. He's just playing to his liberal/Democrat audience.
The professor, Jerram Barrs, is described here in his bio:
Jerram Barrs Professor of Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture; Resident Scholar of the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute BA, University of Manchester (England); MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary A disciple of the late Francis A. Schaeffer, Professor Barrs joined the Seminary faculty in 1989 after 18 years with L'Abri Fellowship in England, where he also served as a pastor in the International Presbyterian Church. Professor Barrs brings to his teaching a special sensitivity toward those outside the Christian faith and is in great demand as a speaker in the United States and abroad. Other interests include the arts and literature. His publications include Being Human, Shepherds and Sheep, Who Are the Peace-makers?, The Great Rescue, and The Heart of Evangelism, as well as the video series Building Up Bridges, Breaking Down Walls.
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