# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-h-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:38:51.293Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-h-peterson"
name: "Eugene H. Peterson"
slug: "eugene-h-peterson"
description: "Eugene Hoiland Peterson was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote more than 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, an idiomatic paraphrasing commentary and translation of the Bible into modern American English using a dynamic equivalence translation approach."
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birthDate: "1932-11-06"
deathDate: "2018-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump