Reading Buechner (eBook)

Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher

Jeffrey Munroe (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
InterVarsity Press (Verlag)
978-0-8308-5314-4 (ISBN)

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Frederick Buechner is one of the most gifted writers of his generation, and his legacy casts a long shadow over Christian letters today. As a memoirist, he opened up an entirely new way to think about the genre. As a novelist, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer. And as a theologian and preacher, he pioneered the art of making theology accessible for a popular audience. Yet for all Buechner's enormous influence, many readers today are unfamiliar with his work, or have read him only in one genre. In this book, Buechner expert Jeffrey Munroe presents a collection of the true 'essentials' from across Buechner's diverse catalog, as well as an overview of Buechner's life and a discussion of the state of his literary legacy today. Here is Buechner in all his complex glory, ready to delight and inspire again.

Jeffrey Munroe is executive vice president at Western Theological Seminary, where he also teaches writing. He was a charter member of the advisory board of the Buechner Institute of Faith and Culture, and is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America.

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Frederick Buechner is one of the most gifted writers of his generation, and his legacy casts a long shadow over Christian letters today. As a memoirist, he opened up an entirely new way to think about the genre. As a novelist, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer. And as a theologian and preacher, he pioneered the art of making theology accessible for a popular audience. Yet for all Buechner's enormous influence, many readers today are unfamiliar with his work, or have read him only in one genre. In this book, Buechner expert Jeffrey Munroe presents a collection of the true "e;essentials"e; from across Buechner's diverse catalog, as well as an overview of Buechner's life and a discussion of the state of his literary legacy today. Here is Buechner in all his complex glory, ready to delight and inspire again.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2019
• Vorwort: Makoto Fujimura
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: a long day's dying • Biography • brendan • Buchner books • Buechner biography • Buechner legacy • buechner national book award • Buechner Putlitzer prize • christian author • Christian Fiction • Christian Literature • Christian memoir • Christian memoirist • christian novel • Christian novelist • christian writer • Frederick Buechner • Frederick buechner center • Godric • Literary • Literature • Memoir • memoirist • Novel • novelist • Preacher • Pulitzer • Pulitzer Buechner • telling secrets • the book of bebb • Theologian • the sacred journey
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-5314-6 / 0830853146
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-5314-4 / 9780830853144