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Robert L. Short Books x2
The Parables of Peanuts, 1968, first edition, paperback, 328 pages
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Schroeder and Linus all help to create new parables to fit our times. Short emphasizes the “basics” of the Christian faith and life
Includes selections from the Peanuts newspaper comic strips of Charles M. Schulz
Bibliographical references included in “Notes” (p. 316-328), Of parables and Peanuts — Interpreting the signs of the times — Savior?! Who needs a savior? — Where your blanket is, there will your heart be also — The heart is a slave — The broken heart — Good news of a great joy which will come to all the people — Jesus– the dog god — You shall GOD your neighbor as yourself — Blessed are the poor in spirit — Just who’s in charge here? — Slip-ups, doghouses, and free psychiatric help
The Gospel According to Peanuts, later printing 1965, 127 pages
The author presents his theory about the intentional theological significance of Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” cartoons, interpreting their meaning from a Christian perspective and highlighting his comments with selected cartoons
“Scripture quotations are from the Revised standard version.”
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127)
The church and the arts — “The whole trouble”: original sin — The wages of sin is “aaaughh!” — Good grief! — The hound of heaven — Concluding unscientific postscript