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Francis A. Schaeffer (1912–1984)

Author of How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

Includes the names: F.A Schaeffer, F.A. Schaeffer, Francis Schaffer, Francis Schaeffer, Schaeffer Francis, Schaefferm Francis, Francis A Schaefer, Schaeffer Francis A, Francis A. Shaeffer, Francis A. Schaeffer ... (see complete list), Francis A. Schaeffer, Francis A. Schaeffer, Francis A. Schaiffer, Frances A. Schaeffer, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, Francis August Schaeffer, Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer

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Francis A. Schaeffer authored more than twenty books on theology, philosophy, art, and culture, selling millions worldwide. He and his wife, Edith, founded L'Abri Fellowship (international study and discipleship centers). Schaeffer passed away in 1984, but his influence and legacy continue to this day. — biography from The Finished Work of Christ: The Truth of Romans 1-8… (more)
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Works by Francis A. Schaeffer
How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and… 3,305 copies, 18 reviews
The God Who is There: Speaking Historic Christianity Into the Twentieth… 2,174 copies, 13 reviews
A Christian Manifesto 1,858 copies, 14 reviews
True Spirituality 1,709 copies, 4 reviews
Escape From Reason: A Penetrating Analysis Of Trends In Modern Thought 1,362 copies, 9 reviews
He Is There and He Is Not Silent 1,111 copies, 5 reviews
Genesis in Space and Time: The Flow of Biblical History (Bible commentary… 1,083 copies, 10 reviews
The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume 909 copies, 2 reviews
The Mark of the Christian 877 copies, 5 reviews
Art and the Bible (IVP Classics) 749 copies, 12 reviews
The Great Evangelical Disaster 729 copies, 1 review
The Church at the End of the 20th Century 704 copies
Death in the City 630 copies, 3 reviews
Pollution and the Death of Man: The Christian View of Ecology 623 copies, 2 reviews
The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian Worldview (5… 591 copies, 3 reviews
Whatever Happened to the Human Race?: Exposing Our Rapid Yet Subtle Loss… 559 copies, 3 reviews
Joshua and the flow of Biblical history 529 copies, 4 reviews
No Little People 513 copies, 1 review
A Christian View of Philosophy and Culture 383 copies, 2 reviews
The Church Before the Watching World : A Practical Ecclesiology 377 copies, 1 review
A Christian View of the Bible as Truth (The Complete Works of Francis A.… 376 copies, 1 review
A Christian View of the Church 348 copies, 1 review
A Christian View of the West (The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer,… 347 copies, 1 review
A Christian View of Spirituality 343 copies, 3 reviews
The Finished Work of Christ: The Truth of Romans 1-8 278 copies, 1 review
Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer: Spiritual Reality in the Personal… 248 copies, 2 reviews
Everybody Can Know 232 copies
25 Basic Bible Studies: Including Two Contents, Two Realities 216 copies, 3 reviews
Back to Freedom and Dignity by Schaeffer, Francis A. 195 copies
Basic Bible Studies 176 copies
The New Super-Spirituality 139 copies, 2 reviews
No Final Conflict 130 copies, 2 reviews
2 Contents, 2 Realities 101 copies
INTRODUCTION TO FRANCIS SCHAEFFER: STUDY GUIDE TO A TRILOGY 98 copies
Baptism 96 copies
How Should We Then Live (Study Guide) 95 copies
Who is for peace? 69 copies
Letters To Father Aristotle 42 copies
The Lord's Work in the Lord's Way and No Little People (Crossway… 39 copies
Who Is for Life? 21 copies
Corruption vs. True Spirituality 14 copies
A morte da razão 10 copies
A Christian Manifesto and Pollution and the Death of Man (Order No. 1133) 9 copies
A CHRISTIAN MANIFESTO 6 copies
Whatever Happened to the Human Race (Narrator) 5 copies
Broken Cisterns 4 copies
Dieu Illusion Ou Realite ? 4 copies
Helft den Christen im Sowjetblock 4 copies
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER A: ACHRSITIAN WORLD VIEW VOL 3 4 copies
Dieu ni silencieux ni lointain: Une philosophie chrétienne (He is… 3 copies
Righteousness and Peace 3 copies
A obra consumada de Cristo (Portuguese Edition) 3 copies
VERDADEIRA ESPIRITUALIDADE 3 copies
A day of sober rejoicing 3 copies
Verdadeira Espiritualidade 3 copies
Speaking the historic Christian position into the 20th century 3 copies
Die Bibel zum Thema 2 copies
Wie können wir den leben?. Aufstieg und Niedergang der westlichen… 2 copies
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER A: ACHRSITIAN WORLD VIEW VOL 4 2 copies
The complete works of achristian world view 2 copies
O que aconteceu com a raça humana? (Portuguese Edition) 2 copies
HOW SHOULD WE LIVE THEM? 2 copies
WORSHIP:REDISCOVERING THE MISSING JEWEL 2 copies
A IGREJA NO ANO 2001 2 copies
La Fe de los Humanistas 2 copies
ACHRSITIAN MANIFESTO 2 copies
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER A: ACHRSITIAN WORLD VIEW VOL 2 2 copies
Here We Stand. 2 copies
Jeder ist von Bedeutung. 2 copies
A igreja do final do século XX 2 copies
Job: The problem and rationale of history in a moral or amoral universe (4… 2 copies
Joshua and the flow of biblical history study guide 2 copies
Nenhum Conflito Final 2 copies
Genesis in Raum und Zeit 2 copies
L'Abri Tape Library No. 22s: Job - The Problem and Rationale of… 2 copies
Ismertetőjelük: a szeretet 2 copies
Huyendo de la razn 1 copy
O que Deus intervém: O evangelho para o homem de hoje 1 copy
The Francis Schaeffer Trilogy 3 books in one 1 copy
A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VOL 1 1 copy
Manifesto Cristão (o que pensa o cristão sobre o uso da força e da… 1 copy
The new super spirit vality 1 copy
DVD : Whatever Happened to the Human Race? 1 copy
The New Modernism (Neo-Orthodoxy) and the Bible 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben [VHS-->Doppel-DVD] 1 copy
Verdadeira Espiritualidade 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben - Frieden und Wohlstand und Letzte Alternativen… 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben - Abschied von der Vernunft und Auflsung… 1 copy
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER A: ACHRSITIAN WORLD VIEW VOL 5 1 copy
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER A: ACHRSITIAN WORLD VIEW VOL 5 1 copy
La pollution et la mort de l'homme: Un point de vue chrétien… 1 copy
A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VOL 5 1 copy
Aki van 1 copy
How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and… 1 copy
Morte na cidade: a mensagem à cultura e à igreja que deram as costas a… 1 copy
Poluição e a morte do homem 1 copy
A nova super espiritualidade 1 copy
Das programmierte Ende. Umweltschutz aus christlicher Sicht 1 copy
Ő létezik és nem hallgat 1 copy
A Christian View of the Church: Volume 4: A Christian Worldview: 2nd… 1 copy
Művészet és Biblia két tanulmány 1 copy
A marca do cristão 1 copy
True Spirituality 1 copy
A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VOL 2 1 copy
How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and… 1 copy
A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VOL 4 1 copy
Neo-modernismo ou cristianismo? 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben - Die Renaissance und Die Reformation [VHS] 1 copy
A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VOL 3 1 copy
Liberes par l'Esprit 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben - Die Revolutionen und Beginn moderner… 1 copy
O Sinal Do Cristão 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben - Rom bis zum Mittelalter [VHS] 1 copy
Twenty-Five Basic Bible Studies. 1 copy
Impact et crédibilité du christianisme (French Edition) 1 copy
Pollution and the Death of, The Christian View on Ecology 1 copy
Baptism. St. Louis, MO: First Bible Presbyterian Church, 1947. 1 copy
Poluição e a morte do homem: uma perspectiva cristã da ecologia 1 copy
Neo-modernismo ou cristianismo 1 copy
The Church at The end of The 20th Century 1 copy
Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer, ed. by Lane T. Dennis 1 copy
Igreja no século 21, A 1 copy
Jeg skammer meg ikke ved evangeliet 1 copy
Het kenmerk van de Christen 1 copy
Session 1: The Roman Age 1 copy
La Verdadera Espiritualidad: ¿qué Es Realmente La Vida… 1 copy
Die neue religiöse Welle 1 copy
Geistliches Leben, was ist das? Wie ein Leben im Glauben heute… 1 copy
Super duhovnost 1 copy
Francis A. Schaeffer 2-book set: Escape From Reason and The Mark of the… 1 copy
How Should We Then Live, Episodes 9-12 1 copy
The Complete Works Of Francis A. Schaeffer vol. 1,3,4 (Author) 1 copy
The Holy Catholic Church 1 copy
How Should We Then Live, Episodes 5-8 1 copy
How Should We Then Live, Episodes 1-4 1 copy
Joshua & the Flow of Biblical History 1 copy
How Should We Live? 1 copy
Unsere Welt soll sein Wort hren 1 copy
America's Moral Freefall disc 1&2 1 copy
Geistliches Leben was ist das? 1 copy
Die Kirche Jesu Christi - Auftrag und Irrweg 1 copy
Wie knnen wir denn leben? - Aufstieg und Niedergang der westlichen Kultur 1 copy
Zurck zu Freiheit und Wrde 1 copy
L'évangile de luc expliqué à tous 1 copy
Your Half of the Apple - God and the single girl 1 copy
Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer Vol. 2-4 1 copy
Liefde is het teken 1 copy
Study Aids for the Ten Film Episodes of HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? 1 copy
7 Lectures 1 copy
A Christian View of Spiritualty 1 copy
A Christian View of Philosophy and Culture: Works of Francis Schaeffer Vol… 1 copy
A Challenge to Confront the World 1 copy, 1 review
When A Christian Leader Sins 1 copy
Humanism: A Treat To Your Liberty 1 copy
Francis Schaeffer Sermons 1 copy
12 messages by Francis Schaeffer - on tape 1 copy
Los caminos de la juventud hoy. La nueva super-espiritualidad 1 copy
Your Half of the Apple 1 copy
Adultério e apostasia: O Tema do Noiva e da Noivo 1 copy
No Little People (repack) [Introduction by Udo Middelmann] 1 copy
Verdadeira espiritualidade 1 copy
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Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of… (Contributor, some editions; Contributor, some editions) 418 copies, 1 review
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of… (Contributor, some editions) 313 copies, 4 reviews
Your Half of the Apple (Foreword, some editions) 97 copies, 1 review
Portrait of a Shelter (Foreword) 9 copies
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Canonical name
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Schaeffer, Francis August
Other names
Schaeffer, Francis
Date of birth
1912-01-30
Date of death
1984-05-15
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Huémoz-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Education
Hampden-Sydney College
Faith Theological Seminary
Occupations
cleric
theologian
philosopher
Relationships
Schaeffer, Frank (son)
Schaeffer, Edith (wife)
Agents
James W. Sire
Organizations
Bible Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in America
L'Abri (co-founder)
Awards and honors
Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Highland College
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Gordon College
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Simon Greenleaf School of Law
Short biography
Francis Schaeffer was an evangelical Presbyterian theologian and philosopher, who is noted for founding the L'Abri community in Switzerland.
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