Frank Schaeffer: "Embracing Paradox" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google     2015年10月28日
Frank Schaeffer is a painter, speaker and New York Times bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction.
Mr. Schaeffer visited Google's office in Chicago, IL to follow up on his talk in Cambridge and share ideas explored in his recent book, "Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in GOD: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace". In the talk, Mr. Schaeffer shares examples of his artwork, available at www.frankschaefferart.com
"Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in GOD: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace" is Mr. Schaeffer's latest set of observations on the human condition and our relation to spirituality, religion, art, and the universe. He was born into a family of prominent evangelicals, and helped found the Religious Right in the U.S. Rejecting that political point of view, he became a vocal enemy of the Tea Party. He has been a film director; a New York Times-bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction; a visual artist whose work has been shown, and collected, around the world; a frequent guest on The Rachel Maddow Show, with appearances on Oprah, The Today Show, Fresh Air, and BBC News; and an a highly sought-after lecturer, with appearances at Princeton and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.