Thank you for this, Jason! You hit the ball out of the park with this reflection! My first “religious” biography was Yale’s Roland Bainton’s biography of Luther, “Here I Stand” my freshman year of college. Later heard RB preach @ King’s Chapel, Boston, when I was in seminary. My major was church history (regarded by many with amused tolerance in the late ‘60s!), & my major professor taught biographically, which also fit well with Boston University personalism! I read McClendon’s book when it first came out in the ‘70s, @ Buechner is an all-time fav! His writing has a timeless quality about it. His memoirs mean more as I age. Ya done good, Jason . Thanks!
Thank you for this, Jason! You hit the ball out of the park with this reflection! My first “religious” biography was Yale’s Roland Bainton’s biography of Luther, “Here I Stand” my freshman year of college. Later heard RB preach @ King’s Chapel, Boston, when I was in seminary. My major was church history (regarded by many with amused tolerance in the late ‘60s!), & my major professor taught biographically, which also fit well with Boston University personalism! I read McClendon’s book when it first came out in the ‘70s, @ Buechner is an all-time fav! His writing has a timeless quality about it. His memoirs mean more as I age. Ya done good, Jason . Thanks!