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My Take
Philip Yancey, born in Atlanta in 1949 and educated at the University of Chicago, interests me because he built a vast readership by leaning into the hard questions rather than away from them. More than fifteen million English-language copies and translations into forty languages did not come from easy answers; they came from wrestling openly with faith, doubt and suffering. As a Christian author he could have settled for comfortable certainty, yet his journalist's instinct seems to push him toward honesty and toward thinking alongside the reader. I have a soft spot for writers who produce quiet, durable books that people return to over decades, and he is plainly one of them.
Overview
Philip David Yancey (born November 4, 1949) is a retired American Christian author known for his works about spiritual issues. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English and have been translated into 40 languages, making him one of the best-selling contemporary Christian authors.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Philip Yancey
- Name (Japanese)
- フィリップ・ヤンシー
- Reading
- ふぃりっぷ・やんしー
- Born
- November 4, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / writer / publisher / editor / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Chicago
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.