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PW Talks with Thomas Moore: Religion That's Personal
Some things change and others, not so much. Thomas Moore, whose Care of the Soul (1992) helped define an era in which nonsectarian spirituality books administered therapy, returns to argue a personal religion is important.
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Let’s Get Real: Pastors Open Up About Mental Illness
Pastors might encourage confession for their congregants, but few are honest publicly about their own struggles with depression or other mental illnesses. That seems to be changing, with a handful of ministers in secure positions deciding to take the risk.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, January 2014
The idea of the death of God has had a profound influence on contemporary expression; the way to find God isn't by chasing God.
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It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, January 2014
B&H's new Study Bible for Women was created by women for women.
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Self-Publisher WinePress Goes Out of Business
WinePress Publishing, a Christian self-publishing company, has closed its doors.
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Baker Sales Manager Creates Bestselling Joke Books for Kids
What’s black and white and read all over? A pair of little books, Laugh Out Loud Jokes for Kids and Knock Knock Jokes for Kids, which have held the #1 and #2 spots on Amazon’s Children’s Joke & Riddle Books list for the past several weeks and sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
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Barbour Launches New Imprint, Shiloh Run Press
Barbour Publishing is launching Shiloh Run Press, a new imprint that will “add some publishing clarity for our staff, authors and agents, trading partners, and ultimately our readers,” according to Barbour CEO Timothy H. Martins.
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Agent Buys Christian SF House Marcher Lord
Literary agent Steve Laube has acquired Christian science fiction publisher Marcher Lord Press. Laube, a former editor at Bethany House who now owns an eponymous shingle, finalized the sale on January 1.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, December 2013
Awards and honors; Family Christian Stores Funding Haiti Orphanage.
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December 2013 Christian Marketplace Bestsellers: Adult, Children's and Young Adult, Bibles
Your guide to the mega-sellers in Christian books and Bibles.
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It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, December 2013
Bible Gateway's mobile/tablet app was honored as app of the year at the recent Christian New Media Awards.
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The Old Made New: Bibles and Sacred Texts
When it comes to Bible publishing, too much is evidently never enough. A Bible or other sacred text is a reliable product for a core audience, but the range of editions for all of these texts targets more than believers.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, December 2013
The late theologian-activist Walter Wink writes about his lifetime faith journey in his last book; Bible teacher Jennie Allen looks at the process of responding to God's call.
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PW Reveals 5 Best Religion Books of 2013
From nonfiction to novels, PW's Best Religion Books of 2013 are characterized by honest wrestling with the Bible and with received wisdom, the Big Questions of life and death, and the little everyday ones. Those questions are familiar, but the voices giving well-written answers are fresh.
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Joel Baden: King David’s Feats of Clay
Mention King David to most people, and you’ll only hear good things. But Yale Divinity School professor Joel Baden probes the historical evidence to reveal a David who achieved and maintained power by any means necessary, sometimes in a less-than-heroic way.
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Beyond Evangelical Clichés: Addie Zierman
When Addie Zierman began writing in grad school, she ended up sorting through her evangelical upbringing, struggling with disillusionment, and finding her way back to faith.
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Beyond Words Turns 30
Everybody knows The Secret now.
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Grisham Out at Hachette’s Jericho Imprint
Wendy Grisham, v-p and publisher of Hachette’s Jericho Books imprint, is leaving the company as part of what Rolf Zettersten, senior v-p of Hachette Nashville, called a “scaling back” of title output.
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Academic Publishing Alive and Thriving as Religion Scholars Meet
At the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature meetings in Baltimore--a place to sell books to scholars, pitch them for course adoptions, and meet with authors, current and prospective--publishers said the academic market looks good, with print sales relatively stable and digital sales adding to revenues.
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Islam Tops the List, but Other Topics on the Rise in Scholarly Religion
The leader was Islam, but other notable topics and trends in academic religion publishing emerged at the 2013 AAR/SBL conference, reflecting not only the interests of scholars, but also the concerns of the wider public.
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