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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
There’s a scene early in the recent film Noah in which Noah plants a seed from the garden of Eden. It sprouts and spreads into a lush and glorious forest as quickly as critics scrambled to find biblical precedent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A generation ago, church history was the trending topic in American religious history books, with Protestant titles dominating. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Biblical Literature has long published books, but on July 1, 2014, the society renamed its publishing program SBL Press, creating a new identity as a scholarly publishing house. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shape of publishing continues to shift, but academic presses still face the perennial questions: audience, sales, course adoptions, a shrinking library market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A generation ago, church history was the trending topic in American religious history books, with Protestant titles dominating. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
One rarely uses the term booming in publishing these days, but it’s fair to say that academic publishing about Islam is doing just that. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford has emerged as the major player in Mormon studies and has been releasing several titles a year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]