Eric Metaxas
Encyclopedia
Eric Metaxas is the author of Everything Else You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask) and thirty children's books. He is founder and host of Socrates in the City in New York City, a forum for philosophical discussion.
He lives in New York with his wife and daughter. Metaxas's writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly
, Washington Post, Christianity Today
, and First Things
. He has written for VeggieTales
, 3-2-1 Penguins!
(season 1) and Rabbit Ears Productions
, earning three Grammy nominations for Best Children's Recording.
His most recent publication is Bonhoeffer
: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (2010). Before that publication was Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce
and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, which is associated with the 2006 film Amazing Grace
.
He lives in New York with his wife and daughter. Metaxas's writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
, Washington Post, Christianity Today
Christianity Today
Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 140,000 and readership of 290,000...
, and First Things
First Things
First Things is an ecumenical journal focused on creating a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society". The journal is inter-denominational and inter-religious, representing a broad intellectual tradition of Christian and Jewish critique of contemporary society...
. He has written for VeggieTales
VeggieTales
VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...
, 3-2-1 Penguins!
3-2-1 Penguins!
3-2-1 Penguins! is a series of Sci-Fi computer-animated cartoons launched on November 14, 2000.3-2-1 Penguins! is a series of Sci-Fi computer-animated cartoons launched on November 14, 2000.3-2-1 Penguins! is a series of Sci-Fi computer-animated cartoons launched on...
(season 1) and Rabbit Ears Productions
Rabbit Ears Productions
Rabbit Ears Productions is a children's series that aired from 1984-1995 on PBS. The series features famous actors such as Robin Williams, Raul Julia, Laura Dern, Denzel Washington, Danny Glover, and others narrating classic children's classics either well-known in the United States or from around...
, earning three Grammy nominations for Best Children's Recording.
His most recent publication is Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr. He was a participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plans by members of the Abwehr to assassinate Adolf Hitler...
: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (2010). Before that publication was Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...
and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, which is associated with the 2006 film Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace (2006 film)
Amazing Grace is a 2006 U.S.–UK co-production film, directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn...
.