Rachel's Challenge: A Columbine Legacy [Paperback]

Jeff Keuss (Author), Lia Sloth (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

It is true to who Rachel was and what she stood for, it captured her heart and spirit in everyway. --Bethanee McCandless, Rachel's Sister

About the Author

Jeff Keuss, PhD Dr. Keuss is a Professor at Seattle Pacific University and the developer of the Charcater In Motion! ASSETS program. A popular speaker on writing, literacy and character buidling through story, he has published academic texts on literacy theory and serves on the editorial board for the Oxford University Press Academic Journal Series.

Lia Sloth Ms. Sloth is a writer and editor with experience in creative writing, literary and copy editing, curriculm development, and news and sports journalism. She has spent over ten years working with children and youth in coaching and teaching positions. Ms. Sloth earned a bachelor's degree in Engligh Literature and Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Positively for Kids (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976572257
• ISBN-13: 978-0976572251
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,025,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Teens > Biographies

More About the Author

Jeff Keuss is Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology and Culture at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in Seattle, Washington USA. Prior to coming to SPU in 2005, Dr. Keuss was Lecturer of Practical Theology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Literature, Theology and the Arts at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In addition to his work at SPU, he continues to teach as Visiting Professor of Practical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary and is a regular contributor to The Kindlings Muse monthly podcast on Theology and Culture (www.thekindlingsmuse.com)which is available for download on iTunes.

Dr. Keuss has published articles, chapters and reviews on the interdisciplinary engagement of theology, ministry and contemporary culture and is on the Editorial Board for the journal Literature and Theology (Oxford University Press). His books include Freedom of the Self: Kenosis, Cultural Identity and Mission at the Crossroads (Pickwick, 2010); A Poetics of Jesus: The search for Christ through writing in the nineteenth century and The Sacred and the Profane: Contemporary Issues in Hermeneutics. He also has two chapters in Cinema Divinite addressing the role of film studies in theological reflection and currently completing a book on theology and pop music entitled Your Neighbor's Hymnal: What Christians can learn from pop music about faith, hope and love (Cascade Books, 2011). You can follow him on Twitter @senseijfk as well as his blog: http://jeffkeuss.com/