Catholic publishers elect new board members; Barbour author honored twice; Lucado’s latest is Family’s Book of the Year; Zondervan author on four-city tour; IVP a Best Workplace for Sixth Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Set for a healthier 2015? Religion publishers offer new titles and reissues of bestsellers to encourage both physical health and spiritual fitness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A call to nonviolent action with examples from history; stories of the quest for grace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scandals, shake-ups, sticky scholars, and best books—here are the top ten religion stories of 2014 from publishersweekly.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Peter Manseau helped pioneer religion journalism online and went on to win acclaim as a memoirist of American Catholicism and a novelist telling a story of Yiddish culture. Manseau's new history of religion in America upends conventional wisdom, arguing that religion at the margins has shaped... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Audio line debut for IVP; 2015 Grawemeyer winner announced; Target Holiday Book Club features Nelson book; Baker titles selected as best church resources; Puritan/Reformed publisher releases new Bible, books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
New titles include a look at how the experience of Holocaust survivors has influenced the faith of their descendants. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW's top five spirituality and religion books for 2014 range from meditations on grief to observations on belief. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the recent annual meeting of religion scholars in San Diego, publishing professionals gave aspiring academic authors cold-eyed advice on how to--and how not to--get published. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Religion scholars met before Thanksgiving in San Diego to exchange ideas, find books for their courses, and stock their personal libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rob Bell and Kristen Bell reflect on the meaning of marriage; Gerard Russell explains little-understood religious dynamics in the Middle East. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for small publishers awards are closing; more awards and honors; new app brings the liturgy to Catholics on their phones; 100,000 have joined Max Lucado's Prayer Challenge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buddhist poet Gary Snyder in conversation; Eben Alexander returns to the subject of heaven. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2015 International Christian Retail Show has opened booth registration, debuting a new exhibitor platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coming in November: new books from Deepak Chopra, James Carroll, and John Maxwell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A starred review for Rob and Kristen Bell's new book on marriage; the best examination to date of Pope Francis, who he is, and what to expect. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wanda Brunstetter tops 8 million; publishers partner to provide resources to churches. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Armstrong on religious violence and Max Lucado on prayer are among the big titles releasing in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Country musician Jimmy Wayne tells the affecting story of his own youth as a foster kid; American Christian men examine their approaches to faith and fatherhood. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Midwest is home to many religion specialty publishers, across the full spectrum of faiths. Often publishing houses spring up because of the migration of certain ethnic and religious groups to the center of the country, but sometimes the reasons are more serendipitous. Minnesota, for example,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]