Böcker av Walter Wangerin

In Storycraft: The Art of Spiritual Narrative, celebrated author Walter Wangerin Jr. illustrates the power of well-told stories and shows how important embracing story is as an essential tool for preaching and teaching the gospel. The book offers a theology of story that is profoundly incarnational as the Word takes on flesh in practiced speech.

The life of Christ, rewritten by an award-winning storyteller in the form of a novel.

From National Book award-winning author Walter Wangerin, Jr. comes the thought-provoking sequel to THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW, with New and revised content.Praise For THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW:"Belongs on the shelf with Animal Farm, Watership Down and The Lord of the Rings. It is, like them, an absorbing, fanciful parade of the war between good and evil." -Los Angeles TimesPraise For THE SECOND BOOK OF THE DUN COW: LAMENTATIONS:"[A] profoundly imagined and beautifully stylized fable of the immemorial war between good and evil." -The New York Times"A beautifully written fantasy anchored starkly in reality." -The Washington Post"[A] fine book about the way evil enters the world, and this newly told story of Chaunticleer is one that details the loss of his innocence, of his love and of his God." -The Houston ChronicleSeeking peace and respite after their devastating battle with the Wyrm, Chauntecleer and his wife Pertelote again lead the animals of the Coop. But their quest is interrupted when Wyrm once again insinuates himself into the lives of the animals. To defeat this ancient evil for good, Chauntecleer will have to face Wyrm again, not on the battlefield, but deep within the serpent''s lair, risking his very soul to ensure the safety of the animals under his protection.

Walter Wangerin''s profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom. What the animals did not know was that they were the Keepers of Wyrm, monster of evil long imprisoned beneath the earth ... and Wyrm, sub terra, was breaking free.

Striking new cover heralds reissue of Walter Wangerin's million selling retelling of the Bible as an epic novel