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Mark Larrimore: Job Through the Ages

By Jana Riess | 11/27/2013 @ 12:00PM

Mark Larrimore had his first experience with the Book of Job when he played a bit part in Archibald MacLeish’s play J.B., a dramatization of the Bible’s famous rumination on suffering. “I was the messenger who brought all the news of the deaths of Job’s family,” Larrimore says. Now Larrimore is a messenger of a different kind.
Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, November 2013

By Lynn Garrett | 11/27/2013 @ 11:30AM

Awards and honors; a fiction event on Facebook; from film to novel; new apps for the soul.
Freedom in the Rule: PW Talks with Judith Valente

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald | 11/27/2013 @ 11:30AM

When television reporter Judith Valente first arrived at Mount St. Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kansas, she expected to give a talk at the retreat center and return home to Illinois. She had no idea she was in for a life-changing experience.
Refreshing Judaism: PW Talks with Bradley Shavit Artson

By Chana Thompson Shor | 11/27/2013 @ 11:30AM

A rabbi presents a fresh articulation of Judaism through the lens of process theology, elucidating a dynamic view of the God of Israel, as well as the deeper meanings of revelation, Jewish law, and religious practice.
It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, November 2013

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 11/27/2013 @ 11:30AM

The Bible’s been translated into lots of vernaculars. Now for today’s plugged-in, short-attention-span, socially-mediated believers comes The Twible, providing a 140-character shortcut through the Bible’s begats, levitical interdictions, and sundry smitings.
Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, November 2013

| 11/27/2013 @ 11:30AM

The books that didn't make it into the Christian Bible get a new examination, and a community activist shares everyday sacred moments.
Tarcher, iUniverse Launch New Self-Pub Imprint

PW Staff | 11/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

Penguin imprint Tarcher, publisher of mind-body-spirit books, has forged a partnership with iUniverse to launch True Directions, an imprint for authors to self-publish books in the category.
Paraclete Press Adds Imprint

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 11/07/2013 @ 09:00PM

Initiatives at Paraclete Press include the establishment of an arts center in Italy and a related imprint; expansion of its poetry line; and the promotion of editor-in-chief Jon Sweeney to publisher.
Moody Publishers Acquires WingSpread Publishers

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 11/05/2013 @ 08:00PM

An acquistion by Moody Publishers gives it the extensive backlist of influential Christian author A.W. Tozer.
Founders of Kar-Ben to Retire

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 11/05/2013 @ 09:00AM

Judye Groner and Madeline Wikler, who founded the Jewish children's imprint Kar-Ben, will retire in December after almost 40 years in publishing.
Methodist Publishing Head to Retire

By Lynn Garrett | 11/04/2013 @ 12:00AM

Neil Alexander, president and publisher of the Nashville-based United Methodist Publishing House for the past 17 years, has announced his retirement in spring 2016. The house has begun a two-year search for a new publisher to be appointed in 2015.
Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, October 2013

By Lynn Garrett | 10/30/2013 @ 12:30PM

Events, author tours, books-to-film, radio, awards and honors.
Popular Authors a Treat for the Holidays

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 10/30/2013 @ 12:30PM

Each year, Christmas books arrive even earlier than holiday displays in stores. At the top of this year’s stack are several top-selling authors.
November 2013 Christian Marketplace Bestsellers: Adult, Children's and Young Adult, Bibles

| 10/30/2013 @ 12:30PM

Your guide to the mega-sellers in Christian books.
PW Talks with Timothy Keller: The Mystery of Suffering

By Kimberly Winston | 10/30/2013 @ 12:00PM

Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and the author of ten books, tackles the perpetually vexing problem of evil—if God is good, why does it exist?
It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, October 2013

By Marcia Z. Nelson | 10/30/2013 @ 12:00PM

Bibles for children offer new choices, from pink leopard-print cover to a read-with-teddy bear Bible storybook.
Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, October 2013

| 10/30/2013 @ 12:00PM

Anne Lamott's newest might leave you in stitches; a starred review for The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible.
Events, Books Honor C.S. Lewis 50 Years After His Death

By Lynn Garrett | 10/30/2013 @ 09:30AM

November marks 50 years since the death of C.S. Lewis, among the most beloved Christian authors of the 20th century. To commemorate his death and honor his legacy, upcoming events and books celebrate his life and work.
Steven James: Technology Stars in New Fiction Series

By Ann Byle | 10/29/2013 @ 12:00PM

Steven James decided his newest series for Revell should be science thrillers, and he perused news sites for months looking for information on emerging technologies that raise some big questions.
The Rise of Pop Culture in Religious Studies

A. David Lewis | 10/28/2013 @ 11:00AM

If academic conferences and scholarly panels give a glimpse of books to come, then the program for the 2013 annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion signals the continuing rise of popular culture as a topic in religious studies.

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