Charles E. Hummel

Charles E. Hummel (died August 2004) was president of Barrington College in Rhode Island and the director of faculty ministries at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Madison, Wisconsin.

Notable work

Hummel is known for his essay, "Tyranny of the Urgent", published in 1967 as a booklet by InterVarsity Press, which became popular as guide to time management and personal productivity in both ministry and business circles, and has since undergone periodic updates and revisions. In 1997 he published "Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent", an expansion upon his original work.

During his life Hummel authored fifteen books and Bible studies.

Selected bibliography

• A Pure Heart: The Window to God
• Campus Christian Witness
• Creation or Evolution?: Resolving Crucial Issues
• Doubters Welcome
• Filled with the Spirit
• Fire in the Fireplace
• Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent
• Genesis: God's Creative Call
• Healing
• Priorities
• The Galileo Connection
• The Search: Studies for pondering the know-why of existence
• Tyranny of the Urgent

External links

• InterVarsity Press - Charles E. Hummel (https://www.ivpress.com/charles-e-hummel); retrieved November 30, 2017
• LibraryThing - Bibliography (https://www.librarything.com/author/hummelcharlese); retrieved November 30, 2017