Religious Legacy of Schulz's Peanuts
TOP OF MIND REWIND Peanuts and Religion Guests: Amy Schulz Johnson, daughter of Charles Schulz; Stephen J. Lind, PhD, Professor of Business Administration at Washington and Lee University, author of "A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz" Watching the animated TV movie “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is a tradition for so many of us this time of year. "Peanuts" is possibly the best known and most-successful comic strip of all time and Charles Schulz drew it for 50 years – up until the final frame published on the day he died in 2000. But Peanuts was groundbreaking in another, less-appreciated way: it was the first mainstream comic strip to openly address religious themes – and even spout scripture on occasion.