The Flight of Peter Fromm, by Martin Gardner
Reading Schedule
Reading Schedule
Date Chapters Page Range
Jan 7, 2018
Jan 21, 2018 Part I, Ch. 3, 4, 5, 6 28 to 59
Jan 28, 2018 Ch. Annual Meeting
Feb 4, 2018 Part I, Ch. 7, 8, 9, 10 60 to 91
Feb 11, 2018 Part I, Ch. 11,12,13,14 92 to 150
Part II, Ch. 15, 16
Part II, Ch. 15, 16
Feb 18, 2018 Part II, Ch. 17, 18 151 to 217
Part III, Ch.19,20,21,22,23
Feb 25, 2018 Part III, Ch. 24,25,26,27 218 to 272
28, 29, 30
28, 29, 30
The Flight of Peter Fromm, by Martin Gardner
This is a book about various theological ideas presented within the form a biography of a student searching for spiritual truth. It is a faith journey with which many of today's church members can identify. The Flight of Peter Fromm is a novel about a young man who enters the University of Chicago Divinity School with a literalist, fundamentalist Protestant faith that slowly matures over subsequent years into something less rigid and theologically informed. Every incremental step along Peter's faith journey is thoroughly described as he is exposed to the writings of 20th century theologians: Barth, Niebuhr, Bultmann, and Tillich among others. He also reads Augustine and Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, and even dabbles in Catholicism and Marxism. Although Peter never abandons his admiration for Jesus, he is perplexed with the looming decision of what to include in his first Easter Day sermon following receipt of his seminary degree.
This is a book about various theological ideas presented within the form a biography of a student searching for spiritual truth. It is a faith journey with which many of today's church members can identify. The Flight of Peter Fromm is a novel about a young man who enters the University of Chicago Divinity School with a literalist, fundamentalist Protestant faith that slowly matures over subsequent years into something less rigid and theologically informed. Every incremental step along Peter's faith journey is thoroughly described as he is exposed to the writings of 20th century theologians: Barth, Niebuhr, Bultmann, and Tillich among others. He also reads Augustine and Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, and even dabbles in Catholicism and Marxism. Although Peter never abandons his admiration for Jesus, he is perplexed with the looming decision of what to include in his first Easter Day sermon following receipt of his seminary degree.
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