LOL.
Yes he has written many great books.
Obama trusted Wright...
Obama trusted Rezko...
And these are people he personally knows.
Obama was wrong on the Iraqi War...
Obama was wrong about Pakistan
Obama is wrong about Amadinejhad...
Obama is wrong on Cuba...
Obama is wrong about Chavez...
So much for his vaunted unerring judgment.
Never heard of him
Francis Schaeffer has written a lot of great books including The God Who Is There and Escape from Reason.
Frankie probably pals around with Ron jr. these days, so much in common and all that.
I’ve read many books by Francis Shaeffer and believe me...his son is lying about his own father. Shame, shame, shame. His father was called the missionary to the intellectuals; he was NOT emotionally charged but used philisophical arguments to support his faith in an outreach to Europeans primarily. He was extremely instrumental in the pro-life movement as was the son at one time; in fact, it influenced Reagan’s pro-life stance.
To compare his own father to Wright is a travesty.
He also has some good writings on the Beatles, Dylan Thomas and Henry Miller. Schaeffer believed that the reason for the current insanity in the world was that modern thinkers had abandoned the premise of thesis and antithesis, or classical reasoning.
Francis Schaeffer is a good read. I never got the impression that he was particularly well received by the Religious Right for several reasons. The first is that most hadn't heard of him. The second reason was because he pushed strongly for an intellectual defense of Christianity, and most of the Religious Right never, from what I saw, never came to grips with putting together an intellectual defense of Christianity against modern relativist thought.
Since I'm more interested in society and culture, I found The God Who is There to be his best book.
Over the years I’ve had a fascination with Frank Schaeffer, the increasingly wayward son of Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984). The father was a great man who profoundly influenced a generation of Christian thinkers and encouraged some of the early proponents of ID (notably Charles Thaxton and Nancy Pearcey) to challenge evolutionary theory. The son, by contrast, has turned repudiating his father’s legacy into a full-time occupation, cultivating a churlishness and cattiness that is hard to match. My fascination has consisted in tracking how far the son will go in turning against the father.
http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/frank-schaeffer-nowhere-near-his-fathers-footsteps/
Francis A Schaeffer is very well known. He was ahead of his time. My husband read his material in college in the 70’s. He definitely spoke and wrote of the times we are living in now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Is_There_and_He_Is_Not_Silent
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.