Charles Colson

Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson ( born October 16, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, † April 21, 2012 in Falls Church, Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican). He acted in the years 1969-1973 as the main consultant for the U.S. President Richard Nixon and was one of seven Nixon consultants who have been sentenced to prison because of the Watergate scandal.

Life

Colson grew up in Boston, his Law studies at Brown University and George Washington University he graduated with awards from. From 1953 to 1955 he served in the Marine Corps of the United States. He was married and had four children.

In November 1969 he was appointed Special Advisor to the President for public relations issues ( Special Counsel to the President for Public Liaison ); he held until March 1973 this post. As an " executor " of President Nixon announced that always could count on Colson's support if it was to achieve a desired political objective. Significantly was his unconditional loyalty to the president in terms of its political goals.

As he stood over the Watergate scandal before the arrest, a friend gave him the book Sorry, I 'm a Christian by C. S. Lewis, which converted him according to his autobiography to an evangelical Christian. Cartoons in various newspapers of the United States, as well as in magazines such as Newsweek and Time put on his decision ridiculous and called it as a cynical ploy to reduce his sentence. In the course of the investigations involved in the Watergate scandal, in 1974 he agreed voluntarily not to deny the facts of violation of the law in this matter and was sentenced to one to three years in prison. The main part of his sentence he spent in prison Maxwell in Alabama. In 1976, he was finally released from prison.

After his release, Colson founded his nonprofit organization Prison Fellowship, who cares for the spiritual, moral, social and physical well-being of prisoners, former prisoners and their families. In this context, it merits to fall from custody to the dismissal of Elizabeth Morgan. In the U.S. there are by the organization in 1300 programs in correctional facilities. In this context, she has worked with 7,700 churches and 14,000 volunteers. Prison Fellowship is active in 110 countries.

His achievements included the establishment of correctional facilities that are based on the Christian faith, and their occupants, had asked for a transfer to an appropriate prison. He also came under a variety of channels, in which key issues of current affairs from the perspective of evangelical Protestantism to be treated. His literary work consisted of more than 20 publications, the income accruing from copyrights to his foundation.

In October 2002, signed Colson, among other prominent American evangelical leaders an open letter ( letter country ) to President Bush, who outlined an argument in favor of a preemptive invasion of Iraq as a recommendation of a struggle for a just cause.

He died in April 2012 of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Bibliography (excerpt)

  • Born Again. The true story of Charles Colson. Hodder and Stoughton, London / Sydney / Auckland / Toronto 1980.
  • Life Sentence. ( Original:. Life sentence ) 2nd edition, Haenssler, Neuhausen- Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7751-0530-1.
  • The peace of God live. The challenge. ( Original: Loving God. ) Haenssler, Neuhausen- Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-7751-0973-0.
  • The consultant. The machinations of the powerful. 4th Edition (formerly known as Watergate as yet no one saw. ) ( Original: Born again. ) Haenssler, Neuhausen- Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7751-1377-0.
  • Loving God. Zondervan 1997.
  • The community as a self-service shop to happiness? Return to the church as the body of Christ. ( Original: The Body. ) Haenssler, Holzgerlingen 1999, ISBN 3-7751-3282-1.
  • How Now Shall We Live? Tyndale House, 1999.
  • With Ellen Vaughn: Being the Body. Thomas Nelson, 2004. ( Expanded edition of The Body. )
  • William A. Dembski with: The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design. InterVarsity Press, 2004.
  • With Harold Fickett: The good life. Tyndale, 2005.
  • Lies did go unchallenged in Media and Government. Tyndale, 2005.
  • God & Government: An Insider's View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics. Zondervan 2007.

Film

The story of Colson's consulting work in the White House, his conversion to Christianity and his imprisonment were filmed in 1978 by Irving Rapper, under the title Born again. The role of Charles Colson took Dean Jones, his wife Patty was played by Anne Francis. Ex - Senator Harold Hughes played his role, the film itself is strongly influenced by the Christian message and in German-speaking countries under the title The consultant available.

Pictures of Charles Colson

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