Edith Schaeffer

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Edith Schaeffer
Born
Edith Rachel Merritt Seville

(1914-11-03)November 3, 1914
Wenzhou, China
DiedMarch 30, 2013(2013-03-30) (aged 98)
Gryon, Switzerland
SpouseFrancis Schaeffer
ChildrenPriscilla, Susan, Deborah, Frank

Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville; November 3, 1914 – March 30, 2013) was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests.[1] She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children.

Early life

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Schaeffer was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning "beautiful happiness".[2]

Schaeffer attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania.[3] It was there that she met Francis Schaeffer and they were married in 1935.[3] They had four children: Priscilla, Susan, Deborah and Frank.[4]

L'Abri

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They were sent in 1948 to Switzerland by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In 1955 they began L'Abri, a community that welcomed people who were seeking intellectually honest and culturally informed answers to questions about God and the meaning of life.[3]

Schaeffer's husband Francis died in 1984,[5] but she continued to be associated with the L'Abri organisation which she and her husband founded.[5]

Schaeffer wrote numerous books, both before and after the death of her husband. Her book Affliction (1978) explores human suffering in a Christian context.[6][7] It won a Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) in 1979.[8] Her What is a Family? (1975) compared the extended family to a mobile.[9] Her autobiographical The Tapestry: the Life and Times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer (1981) won the ECPA award in 1982.[10]

Schaeffer's The Hidden Art of Homemaking (1971) has been influential among women in the Christian Patriarchy movement,[11] and has been described by Kathryn Joyce as "perhaps unintentionally, a landmark book for proponents of biblical womanhood."[11] This book, along with What is a Family?, has been described by author Becky Freeman Johnson as a "timeless classic".[12]

In 2000, Schaeffer was listed in Helen Kooiman Hosier's 100 Christian Women Who Changed the Twentieth Century.[13]

Death

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At the age of 98, Schaeffer died on March 30, 2013, at home in Gryon, Switzerland.[14]

Works

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  • Schaeffer, Edith;. 1969. L'Abri. Worthing (Sussex): Norfolk P. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith; 1971. The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Creative Ideas for Enriching Everyday Life. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Francis A., and Edith; 1973. Everybody Can Know. London: Scripture Union. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith; 1978. Affliction. Old Toppen, New Jersey: Revell Co. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith; 1975. Christianity is Jewish. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith; 1975. What is a Family? Old Tappan, N.J.: F.H. Revell Co. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1977. A Way of Seeing. Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1981. The Tapestry: the life and times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer. Waco, Tex: Word Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1983. Common Sense Christian Living. Nashville: Nelson. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1983. Lifelines: God's Framework for Christian Living. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1986. Forever Music. Nashville: T. Nelson. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith, and Louis Gifford Parkhurst (ed.). 1987. The Art of Life. Westchester, IL: Crossway Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1988. With love, Edith: the L'Abri family letters 1948-1960. San Francisco: Harper & Row. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1989. Dear Family: the L'Abri family letters 1961-1986. San Francisco: Harper & Row. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1992. The Life of Prayer. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Mohr, Franz, and Edith Schaeffer. 1992. My Life With the Great Pianists. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Book House. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1994. A Celebration of Marriage: Hopes and Realities. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1994. 10 Things Parents Must Teach Their Children (And Learn for Themselves) Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 1998. Mei Fuh: Memories from China. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Schaeffer, Edith. 2000. A Celebration of Children. Grand Rapids, MI: Raven Ridge Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

References

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  1. ^ L'Abri Fellowship International website
  2. ^ Schaeffer 1998
  3. ^ a b c Hankins, Barry (2008), Francis Schaeffer and the Shaping of Evangelical America, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., pp. 5–59.
  4. ^ Burson, Scott R. and Walls, Jerry L. (1998), C.S. Lewis & Francis Schaeffer: Lessons for a new century from the most influential apologists of our time, InterVarsity Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 40.
  5. ^ a b Heller, Jennifer (2002), "Marriage, Womanhood, and the Search for 'Something More': American Evangelical Women's Best-selling 'Self-Help' Books, 1972-1979 Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine," Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 2.
  6. ^ Bloem, Steve and Bloem, Robyn (2005), Broken minds: hope for healing when you feel like you're "losing it", Kregel Publications, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 81.
  7. ^ Stanley, Charles F. (1989), How to Handle Adversity,Thomas Nelson, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 138.
  8. ^ Christian Book Awards, 1979.
  9. ^ Grant, Kathryn and Giesbrecht, Penny Rosell (1990), Making the Most of the Best of Your Life, Hannibal Books, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 96.
  10. ^ Christian Book Awards, 1982.
  11. ^ a b Joyce, Kathryn (2009), Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Beacon Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 42.
  12. ^ Freeman, Becky (2002), Mom's Everything Book for Daughters: Practical Ideas for a Quality Relationship, Zondervan, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 155.
  13. ^ Hosier, Helen Kooiman (2000), 100 Christian Women Who Changed the Twentieth Century, Baker Publishing Group, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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