The Gospel According to Peanuts is a best-selling 1965 book written by Presbyterian minister Robert L. Short

Robert L. Short

Robert L. Short was a Presbyterian minister, known as the author of the bestselling 1965 book The Gospel According to Peanuts, and the 1977 book Something to Believe in: Is Kurt Vonnegut the Exorcist of Jesus Christ Superstar?. He is also the author of The Parables of Dr...

 about Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...

's popular comic strip, Peanuts

Peanuts

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns afterward...

. The book is based on Short's use of the Peanuts characters to illustrate his lectures about the Christian Gospel.

The book was a best seller and sold over 10 million copies

A sequel, The Parables of Peanuts, was written by Short in 1968.