COLSON, Charles W(endell)

COLSON, Charles W(endell). American, b. 1931. Genres: Theology/Religion, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Prison Fellowship Ministries, Washington, D.C., Founder and Chairman of the board, 1976-. Admitted to the Bar of Virginia, 1959, Washington, D.C., 1961, and Massachusetts, 1964; Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1955-56; Administration Assistant to U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall, 1956-61; Partner, Gadsby and Hannah, Boston, 1961-69; Special Counsel to the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, 1969-73; Partner, Colson and Shapiro, Washington, D.C., 1973-74; Associate, Fellowship House, Washington, D.C., 1975-76. BreakPoint, radio commentator. Publications: Born Again, 1976; Life Sentence, 1979; Loving God, 1983; Who Speaks for God: Confronting the World with Real Christianity, 1985; Dare to Be Different, Dare to Be Christian, 1986; Presenting Belief in an Age of Unbelief, 1986; The Role of Church in Society, 1986; The Struggle for Men's Hearts and Minds, 1986; (with others) Christianity in Conflict: The Struggle for Christian Integrity and Freedom in Secular Culture, 1986; Kingdoms in Conflict, 1987; Against the Night, 1989; (with D. Van Ness) Convicted: New Hope for Ending America's Crime Crisis, 1989; (co-author) Christ in Easter, 1990; God of Stones and Spiders, 1990; (with J. Eckerd) Why America Doesn't Work, 1991; (with E.S. Vaughn) The Body, 1992; A Dance with Deception, 1993; (with N. Pearcey) A Dangerous Grace, 1994; (with E.S. Vaughn) Gideon's Torch, 1995; How Shall We Now Live, 2000. Contributor to newspapers. Address: c/o Prison Fellowship, P. O. Box 17500, Washington, DC 20041, U.S.A.