Frank Schaeffer Videos

Economist Brad DeLong noted on his blog that part of the productivity gain in the U.S. economy comes not from job production, but from squeezing more work out of employees scared to lose their jobs.

In Max Blumenthal's book Republican Gomorrah and in his GRITtv appearance, he introduced us to Francis Schaeffer, one of the important figures in the anti-choice and religious right movements in the United States. Frank Schaeffer, Francis's son, wrote a book about growing up in the religious right, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back . Schaeffer has a new book now, Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism) , and in it he takes on both the "incipient fascism" of the religious right and what he called "proselytizing" atheism of Richard Dawkins and others. He joins Laura on GRITtv for a fascinating interview about his own journey, and how people, religious or irreligious, are all looking for answers to the same questions.

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The world is being torn apart by religious extremists, divisive political rhetoric, shrill secularists and uptight culture warriors. But how do we hold on to our deepest beliefs while living together with our deepest differences (especially those of a religious and ideological nature)? Dr. Os Guinness joined us this week to answer that question and talk about his new book, The Case for Civility: And Why America s Future Depends on It. Use one of the options at the bottom of this post to listen. Dr. Guinness is a social critic and author/editor of over 25 books, including The Call, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, and The American Hour. He s also the co-founder of The Trinity Forum and he brews a mean stout (I ve been an admirer of Guinness work for years). In addition to civility, Dr. Guinness also discussed his Books Culture piece on Frank Schaeffer and his book, Crazy for God. Don t miss this program!

Radio stations across the country will be re-airing the previously broadcast episode of SBE with New York Times best-selling author Frank Schaeffer. Join us as we talk about his book, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. Use one of the options below to listen. As the son of famous evangelists Francis and Edith Schaeffer, Frank grew up at L Abri in Switzerland, and eventually helped to form the Religious Right. As he worked with guys like Robertson, Falwell, and Dobson, he felt increasingly alienated. Then he chucked all (or almost all) of it. Listen to this from the dust cover of the book Schaeffer, whom Cal Thomas, Vice President of the Moral Majority, once introduced at a huge rally as the best speaker in America, was reduced to stealing pork chops and smuggling them out of stores in his underwear rather than return to the fold to take on any more high-paying evangelical speaking gigs. Man, you gotta really hate evangelical speaking gigs to smuggle pork chops in your skivvies. Either that, or you really like pork chops. Anyway, check out the show. It s a good one.

New York Times best-selling author Frank Schaeffer joins us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. to talk about his book, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. Use one of the options below to listen. As the son of famous evangelists Francis and Edith Schaeffer, Frank grew up at L Abri in Switzerland, and eventually helped to form the Religious Right. As he worked with guys like Robertson, Falwell, and Dobson, he felt increasingly alienated. Then he chucked all (or almost all) of it. Listen to this from the dust cover of the book Schaeffer, whom Cal Thomas, Vice President of the Moral Majority, once introduced at a huge rally as the best speaker in America, was reduced to stealing pork chops and smuggling them out of stores in his underwear rather than return to the fold to take on any more high-paying evangelical speaking gigs. Man, you gotta really hate evangelical speaking gigs to smuggle pork chops in your skivvies. Either that, or you really like pork chops. Anyway, check out the show. It s a good one.