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

357 Pages·2008·3.16 MB·English

by  Frank Schaeffer

Table of Contents

Praise
Title Page
Dedication
PROLOGUE

PART I - CHILDHOOD
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25

PART II - EDUCATION
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39

PART III - TURMOIL
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60

PART IV - PEACE
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65

EPILOGUE
Acknowledgements
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Copyright Page
Praise for
CRAZY FOR GOD
“We are fortunate that Frank Schaeffer’s path has taken him from the rigid fundamentalist thinking of
his youth to where he is now, working not in stark black and white, but in the blessed gray from
which true art arises.”
—Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog

“That Crazy for God isn’t just another James Frey-style memoir of personal dysfunction becomes clear
with the subtitle, it’s alternately hilarious and excruciating.”
—Boston Globe

“Part autobiography, part parental tribute, and part examination of how American evangelism got to
where it is, versatile author Schaeffer tells a moving story of growing up and growing wise. . . . This
story of faith, fame, and family in modern America is a worthy read.”
—Publishers Weekly

“When Frank Schaeffer comments on the American religious landscape, the reader can rest assured
they’re in the hands of someone who knows.”
—Hartford Courant

“A story about the dangers of inauthentic faith. . . . An important book.”
—Washington Times

“In this sometimes acerbic, sometimes hilarious autobiography, Frank Schaeffer takes us behind the
scenes of a Christian upbringing like no other.”
—Winston-Salem Journal

“With its up-close portraits of many of the leading figures of the American evangelical movement . . .
Schaeffer has written a powerful chronicle of his experiences as a man who found himself at the center
of a crucial moment in our recent history.”
—Tucson Citizen

“This is not just a book about rejecting Christian evangelicalism. It has parallels in secular culture
and is an honest read about family life and its challenges.”
—Library Journal

“Interesting glimpses into the burgeoning religious right folded into a deeply personal memoir . . .
Schaeffer is brutally honest. . . . He offers particularly eye-opening accounts of his personal
encounters with the likes of Pat Robertson, James Dobson et al.”
—Kirkus

“If [Schaeffer] spares anyone here, it’s not himself. And we forgive him . . . because he’s a world-
class storyteller. . . . He can make us laugh, make us wince, and make us really think about things, all
at the same time.”
—Christianity Today
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FICTION
(The Calvin Becker Trilogy)
PORTOFINO
ZERMATT
SAVING GRANDMA

BABY JACK

NONFICTION

KEEPING FAITH—A Father-Son Story about Love and the United
States Marine Corps (Coauthored with Sgt. John Schaeffer USMC)

FAITH OF OUR SONS—A Father’s Wartime Diary

VOICES FROM THE FRONT—Letters Home from America’s
Military Family

AWOL—The Unexcused Absence of America’s Upper Classes from
Military Service—And How It Hurts Our Country
(Coauthored with Kathy Roth-Douquet)
HOW FREE PEOPLE MOVE MOUNTAINS—A Male Christian
Conservative and a Female Jewish Liberal on a Quest for Common
Purpose and Meaning (Coauthored with Kathy Roth-Douquet)