Reading Buechner : exploring the work of a master memoirist, novelist, theologian, and preacher / Jeffrey Munroe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780830845804
- ISBN: 0830845801
- Physical Description: xi, 220 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Westmont : InterVarsity Press, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: How Reading Buechner Changed My Life -- PART ONE: FREDERICK BUECHNER AS MEMOIRIST -- The Sacred Journey: The Universal Particular -- Now and Then: Forrest Gump's Feather -- Telling Secrets: A Deeper Honesty -- The Eyes of the Heart: Remembering the Lost and Found -- PART TWO: FREDERIC BUECHNER AS NOVELIST -- Godric: A Twelfth-Century Sinner-Saint -- The Son of Laughter: Heels, Laughter, and the Fear -- PART THREE: FREDERICK BUECHNER AS POPULAR THEOLOGIAN -- Wishful Thinking: Renewing Tired Words -- Peculiar Treasures: People We Thought We Knew -- PART FOUR: FREDERICK BUECHNER AS PREACHER -- Telling the Truth: Tears with Great Laughter -- Secrets in the Dark: The Wonder of Words -- Reading Buechner Today -- Epilogue -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Frederick Buechner's Books. |
Summary, etc.: | "Frederick Buechner is one of the most gifted writers of his generation, with an important legacy as a memoirist, novelist, theologian, and preacher. In this book, Buechner expert Jeff 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Buechner, Frederick, 1926- Presbyterian Church > United States > Clergy. Novelists, American > 20th century. |
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John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | BOOK GROUP Munroe Reading (Text) | 30401147772283 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | BX 9225 .B768 M86 2019 (Text) | 30401141574255 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |