The Gospel According to 'Peanuts' Author:Robert L. Short Robert L. Short has put himself through school on peanuts. In fact, they helped finance a B.D. from S.M.U., an M.A. in English from North Texas State University, and a good share of the work he has done toward his Ph.D. in theology and literature at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Short gives color-slide lectur... more »es on the theological implications in Charles M. Schulz's highly popular comic strip "Peanuts."
In this unique book, Short makes an expanded comment on these wonderfully imaginative parables of our times. He interprets their prophetic meaning from a Christian perspective and highlights his remarks with selected cartoons. The result: a modern-day handbook of the Christian faith, illustrated with "Peanuts."
Since the book's publication, Short continues to travel extensively in this country and abroad, lecturing on the religious values in "Peanuts" and other forms of art.« less