Nov
10
2009
New Biography of Rick Warren
CT’s David Neff reviews Jeffery Sheler’s new biography, Prophet of Purpose: The Life of Rick Warren (Doubleday, 2009). Neff writes, “The empirical, analytical Warren meets the mystical, subjective Warren at key points in Sheler’s narrative.” His conclusion: “Sheler, for many years the primary religion writer at U.S. News & World Report, delivers a solid journalistic biography that is a pleasure to read.”
(You can also read an excerpt from the book, on the Warren’s marriage, their disastrous honeymoon, and the counseling that they sought.)