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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780060011611
ISBN: 0060011610
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: March 01, 2002
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: February 19, 2002
Studio: HarperOne
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Outline Maybe you thought Snoopy was a beagle. Turns out he's actually a Christ symbol, according to Robert L. Short's ingenious book, Parables of Peanuts. Cartoonist Charles Schulz, a devout Christi
Amazon.com Review:
Maybe you thought Snoopy was a beagle. Turns out he's actually a Christ symbol, according to Robert L. Short's ingenious book, Parables of Peanuts. Cartoonist Charles Schulz, a devout Christian, once asked, "If we are all members of the priesthood, why cannot a cartoonist preach in the same manner as a minister, or anyone else?" This book explains that many of Schulz's cartoon strips, like Jesus' parables, combine "the proclamation of God's love for the world, and [depiction of] the world as it really is." Parables reproduces many classic Peanuts strips, including some rare early Red Baron strips. The illustrations are accompanied by some fairly heavy interpretations, laying out the basics of a conservative Reformed Protestant view of the gospel, with extensive references to theologians such as Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Soren Kierkegaard. Although entertaining and engaging, Parables of Peanuts is not kids' stuff. --Michael Joseph Gross
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I can't really rate this as yet. I bought it for my church pastors who are going to use this book for themes for summer sermons.
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I really want to like this book. Its premise is appealing and clever and it has a lot of good ideas. Simply put, it wants to relate the life lessons of Charles Schulz's famous Peanuts comic strip to the lessons of the Christian faith (or at least, that's what it claims). And there are indeed a lot of strips sampled in the book that seem designed to make subtle points (by "art-parable") for a strong, humane, and thoughtful Christianity. The strips are in good company: Short also brings in a wonderful ... Read More
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Online reviewers of Robert L. Short's landmark books, drawing parallels between popular culture and the gospels, sometimes are suspicious of his theology -- so let me perhaps re-orient the conversation a little bit.
No, not all Christians will agree with Short's theology. It's true that in the middle of this 1968-vintage book, he talks more explicitly about a theme that began to emerge in his classic 1965 book, "The Gospel According to Peanuts." By 1968, Short was moving in the direction ... Read More
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This is a book that both young and old can identify with. It's funny and yet very introspective into the human character and condition. Humor is often the best way we are able to see those things about ourselves that need repair. Here it is done masterfully.
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As a huge fan of Charles Schultz and Peanuts, I was really looking forward to reading this book. And, indeed, much of it is excellent. However, Robert Short gets into real trouble when he starts attempting to explain what he calls the "heresy of eternal damnation". Short winds up stating that no one is damned, that all eventually will be in heaven with God. It's an argument that can make one feel good, but his arguments against the reality of hell as presented in the New Testament are weak and against ... Read More
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