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.While Schaeffer was a conservative,
fundamentalist Christian in his youth, he has changed his views,
becoming a liberal Democrat and a self-described Christian atheist. He
lives north of Boston.Schaeffer converted from Presbyterian Calvinism
to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in 1990 and gave lectures on his
reasons for rejecting conservative Evangelical Protestantism. He has
criticized the traditional positions of the Orthodox Churches on
matters of sexual morality.In 2006 Schaeffer published Baby Jack, a
novel about a US Marine killed in Iraq. He is also known for his
non-fiction books related to the Marine Corps, including Keeping
Faith: A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine
Corps, co-written with his son John Schaeffer, and AWOL: The Unexcused
Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service and How It
Hurts Our Country, co-authored with former Bill Clinton presidential
aide Kathy Roth-Douquet.
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.While Schaeffer was a conservative,
fundamentalist Christian in his youth, he has changed his views,
becoming a liberal Democrat and a self-described Christian atheist. He
lives north of Boston.Schaeffer converted from Presbyterian Calvinism
to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in 1990 and gave lectures on his
reasons for rejecting conservative Evangelical Protestantism. He has
criticized the traditional positions of the Orthodox Churches on
matters of sexual morality.In 2006 Schaeffer published Baby Jack, a
novel about a US Marine killed in Iraq. He is also known for his
non-fiction books related to the Marine Corps, including Keeping
Faith: A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine
Corps, co-written with his son John Schaeffer, and AWOL: The Unexcused
Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service and How It
Hurts Our Country, co-authored with former Bill Clinton presidential
aide Kathy Roth-Douquet.
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