Wishful Thinking (book)

Wishful Thinking
AuthorFrederick Buechner
LanguageEnglish
GenreDictionary
PublisherHarper and Row, NY
Publication date
1973
Preceded byThe Alphabet of Grace 
Followed byThe Faces of Jesus: a life story 

Wishful Thinking: a theological ABC, reissued in 1993 as Wishful Thinking: a seeker’s ABC, is a collection of meditations on faith, Christianity, and theology by Frederick Buechner. It is the first of Buechner’s lexical trilogy, which includes Peculiar Treasures (1979) and Whistling in the Dark (1988). Published in 1973 by Harper and Row, Wishful Thinking is Buechner’s fourth non-fiction work.