The Prodigal

by Brennan Manning

  • Year 2013
  • Type Book
  • Genre fiction
  • Tradition Catholic/Evangelical
  • Original language English

For For readers who like their faith in a novel: a story of a fallen pastor and his father; not for readers wanting nonfiction.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher
1 of 5 marginal
Difficulty
1 of 5 light

A novel (2013) with Greg Garrett: a Seattle megachurch pastor falls into drink and disgrace, and his estranged father comes for him.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 0 of 5
  • Scriptural 2 of 5
  • Experiential 4 of 5
  • Sociological 3 of 5
  • Historical 0 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story (Zondervan, November 2013) is a novel written by Manning with the novelist Greg Garrett, published after Manning's death in April that year. It retells the parable of the prodigal son: Jack, the founder and senior pastor of a Seattle megachurch whose good works make the news, falls into drink and public disgrace, and the last person he expects to come to his rescue is his long-estranged father. It is Manning's only full-length novel; his earlier parables (Willie Juan, The Boy Who Cried Abba, Journey of the Prodigal) are short.

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Catalog IDW.45AR39.1

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