Co-authored by Churchill's great-grandson - an international public speaker on the life and times of Sir Winston and the impact he still has on the world today.
Jonathan Sandys is the great-grandson of Sir Winston Churchill and an international public speaker on his life, times, and leadership skills. He has spoken before organizations such as NASA as well as universities and businesses. He lives in Houston, Texas. Wallace Henley is a prolific author who has served as a White House and Congressional aide. An award-winning journalist, he is currently a columnist for the Christian Post.
Title: God and Churchill: How the Great Leader's Sense of Divine Destiny Changed His Troubled World and Offers Hope for Ours
Author: Henley, Wallace, Sandys, Jonathan
ISBN: 9780281075393
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
Publication Date: 2016-11-17
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 0.5036 kg
A fascinating and well-argued book that adds a vital, missing component to understanding Churchill. As a lifelong admirer who as a boy met Churchill and who has read widely on his life, I was curious to know what Sandys and Henley would present as evidence. I was not only convinced but delighted at the realism and relevance of their portrayal of Churchill. He emerges as anything but ardently religious, but he was more personally aware of his destiny and more biblically literate and attuned to the Christian worldview and Christian civilization than many Christians today. * Os Guinness, author, social critic and founder of the Trinity Forum, Washington, DC *
What a wonderfully enthusiastic book, written with the insights of a great-grandson of Winston Churchill who . . . grasps the spiritual dimensions of Churchill's life and the struggle against the pure evil of Nazi tyranny . . . And there is no doubt: it was Churchill as prime minister in 1940 who not only saved Britain from defeat but saved Christian civilization itself, as Jonathan and Wallace make so very clear. This is a book for Christians as well as for Churchill enthusiasts. * Christopher Catherwood FRHS, historian and Churchill Archives By-Fellow Emeritus, Churchill College, Cambridge *
I cannot imagine anyone better suited to tell the story of God's work in the life and times of Churchill than Churchill's own flesh and blood. Jonathan Sandys brings an unparalleled vibrancy and perspective on the great man and his times. He and Wallace Henley have artfully woven together the best-known and most obscure pieces of history to present the beautiful and compelling tapestry that is God and Churchill. An absolute must-read. * Joanne King Herring, international diplomat, author and President of the Marshall Plan Charities *
A graphic portrayal of the life and legacy of Winston Churchill, with emphasis on his guiding belief in divine providence. Long before the clash of civilizations had become a common term, Churchill knew what it meant and spent his life defending the civilization so decisively shaped by the Christian faith. A fascinating study! * Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University *
