Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas (born 1963 in Astoria , Queens , New York City ) is an American author, public speaker and radio host. He became best known for his two biographies, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery on William Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy on Dietrich Bonhoeffer . He has also written humorous books, children's books and scripts for the VeggieTales . Metaxas is the founder and showmaster of the Socrates in the City: Conversations on the Examined Life series and the radio program The Eric Metaxas Show .
Life
Metaxas was born in Astoria , New York City . He is Greek on his father's side, German on his mother's side and grew up in Danbury, Connecticut, in a Greek Orthodox environment. He studied at Yale University , where he was editor of the humorous campus magazine Yale Record . Metaxas lives in Manhattan with his wife Susanne and daughter .
Prices
- Metaxas received three honorary doctorates from Hillsdale College , Liberty University, and Sewanee: The University of the South .
- Becket Fund's Canterbury Medal (2011).
- Human Life Review's Defender of Life Award (2013).
Works
- Bonhoeffer. Pastor, agent, martyr and prophet. SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 4th edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-7751-5271-6 .
- Wilberforce. The man who abolished slavery. SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-7751-5391-1 .
- Seven men who made history. ( Martin Luther , William Wilberforce , Eric Liddell , Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Jackie Robinson , Pope John Paul II , Charles W. Colson ), SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-7751-5507-6
- Luther. The man who rediscovered God . SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7751-5825-1 , p. 640 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric Metaxas Show . Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Deep thrills . ericmetaxas.com. June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Harper Collins author bio
- ↑ Hillsdale . Hillsdale. 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Liberty University Baccalaureate Speaker Eric Metaxas Fortifies Graduates for a Life of Faith, Receives Honorary Doctorate . PRWeb. 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Easter Convocation Will Bestow Doctor of Divinity Degrees . Sewanee: The University of the South. 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ The Canterbury Medal Dinner . The Becket Fund. 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Great Defender of Life Dinner . The Human Life Review. 2014. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
Web links
- Literature by and about Eric Metaxas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Eric Metaxas in the German Digital Library
- Official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metaxas, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and radio host |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Astoria , New York City |