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Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. He is the son of the late theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels depicting life in a strict evangelical household including Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma.
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“Trumpism is evangelicalism. These are most serious charges ever levelled against a former US President, and white evangelical leaders are directly responsible for the fact that this odious con man became president to begin with”
-Frank Schaeffer; Trump’s Indictment is the Indictment of Evangelicalism; 8.2.23
“Trumpism is evangelicalism. These are most serious charges ever levelled against a former US President, and white evangelical leaders are directly responsible for the fact that this odious con man became president to begin with”
-Frank Schaeffer; Trump’s Indictment is the Indictment of Evangelicalism; 8.2.23
Orthodox Church offers 'new' denomination of Christianity
Christianity is often thought of as occurring in two forms: Protestant and Catholic, but there’s always been a third way — one which claims to be the oldest and only ‘Apostolic church.’ The Orthodox churches (Russian, Syrian and Greek — a total of 15 self-governing patriarchies) make these bold claims and challenge all Christians to consider them. Evangelical journalist Frank Schaeffer, son of writer Francis Schaeffer, is one notable example. He moved from a Protestant church to the Greek Orthodox Church.
(Rick Cousins/Daily News 2/15/23)
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Christianity is often thought of as occurring in two forms: Protestant and Catholic, but there’s always been a third way — one which claims to be the oldest and only ‘Apostolic church.’ The Orthodox churches (Russian, Syrian and Greek — a total of 15 self-governing patriarchies) make these bold claims and challenge all Christians to consider them. Evangelical journalist Frank Schaeffer, son of writer Francis Schaeffer, is one notable example. He moved from a Protestant church to the Greek Orthodox Church.
(Rick Cousins/Daily News 2/15/23)
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Sept 10, 2121: Daily Kos: Frank Schaeffer compares the Evangelical movement with the Taliban. He knows. He was a part of it!
The Evangelical movement was neither Christian nor accidental. Frank Schaeffer points out. It was a scheme manufactured to control a sect to be used.
The Evangelical movement was neither Christian nor accidental. Frank Schaeffer points out. It was a scheme manufactured to control a sect to be used.
July 17, 2021: LGBTQ Nation: Several churches are worshipping the gospel of Trump just as much as Christianity
Observers have been quick to point out the dangers of the new movement outlined in the story. “This is the backbone of Trump’s Jesus fascists,” tweeted best-selling author Frank Schaeffer. He has written extensively about his own strict evangelical upbringing.
Observers have been quick to point out the dangers of the new movement outlined in the story. “This is the backbone of Trump’s Jesus fascists,” tweeted best-selling author Frank Schaeffer. He has written extensively about his own strict evangelical upbringing.
January 24, 2020: Religion Unplugged: Frank Schaeffer Is Angry About Abortion And Evangelicals, And He's Getting Louder
Abortion is the issue at the core of that legacy, and he wants every American to understand a few things about it and the societal standoff it is central to. But first he wants everyone to reevaluate their own entrenchments.
“Get it settled in your head, religious right fanatics, religious right believers and good evangelical sober, rational people who still voted for Trump: climate change is real, and to put yourself on the side of history that denies this makes it impossible for people on the left to take you seriously,” he says in the clip.
Abortion is the issue at the core of that legacy, and he wants every American to understand a few things about it and the societal standoff it is central to. But first he wants everyone to reevaluate their own entrenchments.
“Get it settled in your head, religious right fanatics, religious right believers and good evangelical sober, rational people who still voted for Trump: climate change is real, and to put yourself on the side of history that denies this makes it impossible for people on the left to take you seriously,” he says in the clip.
December 10, 2017: Christian Research Institute: Frank Schaeffer: Still the Enfant Terrible
Literary patricide can pay off—book after book, blog after blog, interview after interview. Frank Schaeffer’s narrative is dramatic and intriguing. The only son of Francis Schaeffer— a famous evangelical pastor, writer, apologist, and activist— attempts to continue his father’s mission, and fails.1 He then pursues independent filmmaking, Hollywood style, and fails (as he admits). He converts from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy and becomes zealous in his new religion—at least for a while.2 He only finds success and a fixed literary identity with his novel, Portofino (1992), a not-atall-disguised novel about his famous family. Through all these changes, he has remained the quintessential enfant terrible.
Literary patricide can pay off—book after book, blog after blog, interview after interview. Frank Schaeffer’s narrative is dramatic and intriguing. The only son of Francis Schaeffer— a famous evangelical pastor, writer, apologist, and activist— attempts to continue his father’s mission, and fails.1 He then pursues independent filmmaking, Hollywood style, and fails (as he admits). He converts from evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy and becomes zealous in his new religion—at least for a while.2 He only finds success and a fixed literary identity with his novel, Portofino (1992), a not-atall-disguised novel about his famous family. Through all these changes, he has remained the quintessential enfant terrible.
July 12, 2017: Daily Beast: Frank Schaeffer, the Atheist Who Believes in God
The son of an evangelical intellectual who galvanized the religious right, Frank Schaeffer has been searching for years for a coherent religious identity after fundamentalism—and he keeps getting closer.
The son of an evangelical intellectual who galvanized the religious right, Frank Schaeffer has been searching for years for a coherent religious identity after fundamentalism—and he keeps getting closer.
May 6, 2015: HuffPost: An Interview With a Visionary: Frank Schaeffer
This past year I had the privilege of meeting Frank Schaeffer through our mutual friend, Peter Rollins. Frank quickly turned into a person I truly admire. He was the son of Francis Schaeffer, the Presbyterian pastor and cultural theorist that helped galvanized the Christian Right in America.
This past year I had the privilege of meeting Frank Schaeffer through our mutual friend, Peter Rollins. Frank quickly turned into a person I truly admire. He was the son of Francis Schaeffer, the Presbyterian pastor and cultural theorist that helped galvanized the Christian Right in America.
Apr 8, 2015: Frank Schaeffer: Why This Atheist Who Believes in God — Says the Nicene Creed and Sort of Means It
Feb 27, 2015: News Busters: Frank Schaeffer Bores Again With I Was a Teenage 'Rightwinger' Shtick
Once upon a time, long before he became Little Joe on the Ponderosa or a dad on Little House On the Prairie, Michael Landon starred in the forgettable I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Mercifully, he rarely referred to that role and definitely did not continuously relive that role in the years to come. In stark contrast, the perpetually outraged Frank Schaeffer continues to relive a role he insists on boring the world with: I Was a Teenage Rightwinger.
Once upon a time, long before he became Little Joe on the Ponderosa or a dad on Little House On the Prairie, Michael Landon starred in the forgettable I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Mercifully, he rarely referred to that role and definitely did not continuously relive that role in the years to come. In stark contrast, the perpetually outraged Frank Schaeffer continues to relive a role he insists on boring the world with: I Was a Teenage Rightwinger.
Dec 18, 2014: Ken Chitwood: 2014's Religion & Culture Top Stories & Awards
Son of renowned Christian author and theologian Francis Schaeffer, Frank Schaeffer is no new news. He is a gregarious and outspoken atheist who "believes in faith." But this year he got embroiled in a tit-for-tat with Christianity Today and evangelical leader Ed Stetzer over a story about Bart Campolo, son of famed Christian leaders Tony and Peggy Campolo, leaving the Christian faith. On top of all this, Frank came out with a new self-published book this year, titled Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace.
Son of renowned Christian author and theologian Francis Schaeffer, Frank Schaeffer is no new news. He is a gregarious and outspoken atheist who "believes in faith." But this year he got embroiled in a tit-for-tat with Christianity Today and evangelical leader Ed Stetzer over a story about Bart Campolo, son of famed Christian leaders Tony and Peggy Campolo, leaving the Christian faith. On top of all this, Frank came out with a new self-published book this year, titled Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to give love, create beauty and find peace.
Sept 17, 2014: Frank Schaeffer: Huffington Post: To Save the Church: Embrace Atheism as the True Religion and Religion as The True Atheism
July 9, 2014: Publishers Weekly: Frank Schaeffer Goes It Alone with New Book
According to the title of his new book, Frank Schaeffer is an atheist.
According to the title of his new book, Frank Schaeffer is an atheist.
May 11, 2014: Christian Piatt: Frank Schaeffer: The God-Believing Atheist
One phrase comes to mind, time and again, when I think of Frank Schaeffer: “THINK AGAIN.” Any time I think I have a handle on things theological, he seems to find the thread, hanging from the edges, and gives it a good, solid yank.
One phrase comes to mind, time and again, when I think of Frank Schaeffer: “THINK AGAIN.” Any time I think I have a handle on things theological, he seems to find the thread, hanging from the edges, and gives it a good, solid yank.
Aug 19, 2011: New York Times: Son of Evangelical Royalty Turns His Back, and Tells the Tale
It is never easy stepping into Dad’s shoes, of course. But when the family business is religion, it is especially perilous. That is one of the central laments, anyway, of “Sex, Mom, & God,” a new memoir by Frank Schaeffer. To secular Americans, the name Frank Schaeffer means nothing. But to millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal, and Frank is the reluctant, wayward, traitorous prince. His crime is not financial profligacy, like some pastors’ sons, but turning his back on Christian conservatives.
It is never easy stepping into Dad’s shoes, of course. But when the family business is religion, it is especially perilous. That is one of the central laments, anyway, of “Sex, Mom, & God,” a new memoir by Frank Schaeffer. To secular Americans, the name Frank Schaeffer means nothing. But to millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal, and Frank is the reluctant, wayward, traitorous prince. His crime is not financial profligacy, like some pastors’ sons, but turning his back on Christian conservatives.
June 3, 2011: Newbury Daily News: Salisbury author touches on hot-button issues
Schaeffer, 57, now calls Ring's Island home, along with his wife of 40 years, Genie, and one of his three children, who lives across the street with Schaeffer's grandchildren.
But life in liberal northern New England is a far cry from the childhood Schaeffer spent as the child of missionaries in northern Switzerland, spreading the word of the religious right. While Schaeffer has touched on the sensitive fodder of religion, politics and family dynamics in his other works like "Crazy for God" and "Keeping Faith," this time, he's tackling it head-on in his new work, "Sex, Mom and God."
Schaeffer, 57, now calls Ring's Island home, along with his wife of 40 years, Genie, and one of his three children, who lives across the street with Schaeffer's grandchildren.
But life in liberal northern New England is a far cry from the childhood Schaeffer spent as the child of missionaries in northern Switzerland, spreading the word of the religious right. While Schaeffer has touched on the sensitive fodder of religion, politics and family dynamics in his other works like "Crazy for God" and "Keeping Faith," this time, he's tackling it head-on in his new work, "Sex, Mom and God."
Nov 29, 2009: Beggars All: Losing Patience with Frank Schaeffer
In Frank’s own words, his parents were “crazy for God.” Their call to the ministry “actually drove them crazy,” so that “religion was actually the source of their tragedy.” His dad was under “the crushing belief that God had ‘called’ him to save the world.” Because of this, his parents were “happiest when farthest away from their missionary work.” Back at their calling, they were “professional proselytizers,” their teaching was “indoctrination,” and it was unclear whether people came to faith or were “brainwashed” and “under the spell” of his parents. Frank’s own arguments in their support, he now says, were a kind of “circus trick.”
In Frank’s own words, his parents were “crazy for God.” Their call to the ministry “actually drove them crazy,” so that “religion was actually the source of their tragedy.” His dad was under “the crushing belief that God had ‘called’ him to save the world.” Because of this, his parents were “happiest when farthest away from their missionary work.” Back at their calling, they were “professional proselytizers,” their teaching was “indoctrination,” and it was unclear whether people came to faith or were “brainwashed” and “under the spell” of his parents. Frank’s own arguments in their support, he now says, were a kind of “circus trick.”