''The Gospel According to Peanuts'' is a 1965 book written by

Robert L. Short Robert L. Short (1932 – July 6, 2009) was an American Christian minister and the author of several books of "popular theology", including the 1965 bestseller ''The Gospel According to Peanuts''. Life and career Short was born and raised ...

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Charles M. Schulz Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', featuring what are probably his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is wid ...

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Peanuts ''Peanuts'' is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ' ...

'' comic strip. The book is based on Short's use of the ''Peanuts'' characters to illustrate his lectures about the Christian Gospel. The book was a best seller and sold over 10 million copies. Summary: A 35th anniversary edition of 130 pages was released by Westminster John Knox Press in 2000, with a "new cover, a new interior design, and a new foreword by

Martin E. Marty Martin Emil Marty (born on February 5, 1928) is an American Lutheran religious scholar who has written extensively on religion in the United States. Early life and education Marty was born on February 5, 1928, in West Point, Nebraska, and raised ...

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2000 A sequel, ''The Parables of Peanuts'', was written by Short in 1968. It was reissued in 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers. Summary: About 25 years after the publication of the book, Short became a

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