1 Duke Divinity School After serving as a Lutheran pastor for nine years, Lischer joined the faculty of Duke Divinity School in 1979. Louis, Missouri) is an American author, memoirist, preacher, practical theologian, and professor emeritus at Duke Divinity School. Readers will come away with new insights into these figures' lives-spiritual and otherwise-but also a new appreciation of the art and craft of spiritual writing. The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.s religious development from. Richard Alan Lischer (born November 12, 1943, in St. Lischer is a perceptive reader and interpreter of these writings, and a thoughtful and engaging guide to the genre. In Our Hearts Are Restless, Richard Lischer-himself the author of two spiritual memoirs-takes readers on a guided tour of the genre, examining the life writings of twenty-oneįigures from the obvious (Thomas Merton) to the surprising (James Baldwin) and from the ancient (the aforementioned Augustine) to the contemporary (Anne Lamott). Selected Journal Articles: 'Humanism: A Basis for Marxist-Christian Dialogue' Listening, Vol. The genre of spiritual autobiography has flourished ever since Augustine essentially invented it in the fourth century. Our Hearts Are Restless: Th Art of Spiritual Memoir, Oxford University Press, November 2022. A guided tour of spiritual autobiography that grants readers new insights and appreciation of the genre The genre of spiritual autobiography has flouri A guided tour of spiritual autobiography that grants readers new insights and appreciation of the genre
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