The Gravedigger File: Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church [Paperback]

Os Guinness (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr (July 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877848173
• ISBN-13: 978-0877848172
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #872,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

OS GUINNESS (DPhil, Oxford University) was born in China, raised and educated in England, and moved to the United States in 1984. He directs the Trinity Forum and is a former fellow at the East-West Institute in New York. His books include The American Hour, No God But God, and The Dust of Death.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Thoughtful, Provocative, and Enlightening, December 28, 2001

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Kern D. Kimbleton (Washington DC Metro Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gravedigger File: Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church (Paperback)

Os Guinness, in this work, presents the Church in America and the problems that beset it. All written in a series of communiques from the enemy "Directorate." It has the same feel of The Screwtape Letters, and a fascinating idea of the way of the "Third Fool" as being the way to break through the present-day irrelevance, bickering, factionalism, marketing, and paranoia that are strangling the lifeblood out of the Church in America. In light of the events of 9/11/01, these suggestions become even more vital, as the Church must get serious about proving and providing a steady, Rock-like foundation amidst the fear and doubt.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Chip's Top Ten (wordsntone.com), September 10, 2005

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Stephen M. Anderson (Bridgeport, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gravedigger File: Papers on the Subversion of the Modern Church (Paperback)

Guinness here put me on guard as to how much my faith is modified by my culture rather than the other way around. Written somewhat like CS Lewis' The Screwtape Letters, Guinness gives us subversive letters and communiqués from the enemy Directorate. It is a great conspiracy story-and way too true to real life (the life of the church).