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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780664225544
ISBN: 0664225543
Label: Westminster John Knox Pr
Manufacturer: Westminster John Knox Pr
Publication Date: 2003-07
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
Studio: Westminster John Knox Pr
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This book is a view of Christianity and Christians as compared with the wonderful characters of Charles Schultz famous cartoons. Robert Short uses various Peanuts strips to illustrate the similarity with the lessons of the Gospels and Leters of the New Testment and the message from the strips.
Using the Peanuts characters has allowed the author to update the messages of the New Testament so that a modern person can relate better to the circumstances described. Each of the chapters ... Read More
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Let me take a completely different approach than earlier reviewers here at Amazon -- to point out why I think many people still will enjoy this 1965 classic.
Robert L. Short launched a very influential new genre in spiritual media with this book, a point that religious historian Martin Marty makes in the introduction to this newer edition. Short's book has sold more than 10 million copies -- and, essentially, made it safe for pastors and Bible-study teachers to pull lessons from popular ... Read More
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It's been many years since I first picked up this book. I love the way Robert L. Short juxtaposes Christian values with scenes from life in the world according to Peanuts. I always saw the little Peanut strips with Lucy, Linus, Charlie, Snoopy and the others as parables, really, rich with life lessons and deeper meaning. I was so glad to see that someone else saw that, too, and wrote a book, writing in detail, where this symbolism was found, and how it could be connected to the teachings of the Bible. ... Read More
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Seriously. this is so much fun to read with the kids on a lazy day. Like the message of course.
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The Gospel According to Peanuts is a truly fascinating little book filled with insight, wisdom, and the type of joy that Christians should naturally espouse. Robert L. Short certainly does not argue that every single Peanuts cartoon carries a theological message, but he offers up an amazing selection of comic strips that do in fact encapsulate a number of important Christian beliefs. He begins the book with a justification for Christians embracing the arts as a means of spreading the Gospel to those around ... Read More
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