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March Religion Bestsellers: Easter Boosts Maria Shriver, Roma Downey’s Reflections
Books of reflections and prayers by Maria Shriver and Roma Downey take top spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction in the weeks leading up to Easter. Plus, Terri Blackstock came in at #2 in Fiction with the last book in the If I Run trilogy.
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Religion Book Deals: April 11, 2018
Random House buys the newest book by Pope Francis, David C. Cook signs a new deal with Francis Chan, and more.
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‘A Cup of Tea’ with Daisy Khan, Muslim Feminist
Daisy Khan, the global activist for Muslim women who helped establish an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, offers the ‘nuances of Islam’ in her spiritual memoir.
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New Tim Tebow Book Coming from WaterBrook
Crown Publishing’s WaterBrook imprint will publish ‘This is the Day,’ a new motivational book by Tim Tebow, on September 25.
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Hobby Lobby's Jackie Green and Daughter Encourage Female Empowerment, Legacy
Two women from the founding family of Hobby Lobby and the Museum of the Bible, Jackie Green and her daughter Lauren Green McAfee, co-wrote a book of vignettes of powerful women of faith to inspire ordinary women to consider their legacy.
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Reading is a Spiritual Act, Publishers Say
A quartet of new and upcoming books extol the virtues of delving into great writing, whether aloud with the family or alone to quietly savor the words.
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Religion Book Deals: March 2018
Nelson signs women's ministry author Stasi Eldredge's newest title on joy, HarperOne lands 'Remaking Religion' by the scholar and podcaster Casper ter Kuile.
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Religious Publishers Tread Carefully with Humor Titles
Publishers agree that publishing humor books on religion requires a deft touch and a clear marketing strategy to precisely convey the tone of a title that is intended to inform, expand and tickle the reader.
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Celebrities' Spiritual Memoirs Share Strength Found in Faith
Spiritual memoirs by celebrities from music to media to sports offer insights to their faith lives off camera, stage, pulpit or playing field.
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Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: April 2018
Expect clusters of books that raise anxiety — bold political arguments, calls to spiritual warfare, and personal tales that remind you that your life/job/family/society is a mess — and more titles that offer faith-based solace, solutions, even humor.
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HarperCollins Christian Aims New Imprint at the U.K.
With a focus on publishing new inspirational fiction and nonfiction from U.K. authors, Harper Inspire will release its first five books this June.
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Critics and Activists Add Ferment to Religion Publishing
As activism rises among faith groups, religion publishers address urgent social issues, conflicts over Trump’s agenda, the fragmenting of American churches, and the continuing decline of religious identification.
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Beyond Abortion: Why Rebecca Todd Peters Wrote ‘Trust Women’
Christian ethicist’ Rebecca Todd Peters wrote “Trust Women” to offer “a good moral framework for thinking about reproductive questions” that could help guide the public debate about the issues.
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Powerful Market for Magic Enchants Publishers
Publishers believe magic and occult spirituality books can draw a devout following in today’s turbulent times.
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Stephen Hawking's Books Inspired Scientists, Christian Apologists
Groundbreaking physicist Stephen Hawking, who died March 14, knocked God out of his universe in his books -- and Christian apologists put the creator right back in theirs.
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Publishers Get Ready for Mother's Day
This spring, publishers with Mother's Day in mind, are offering titles with daughters celebrating the faith, love, and wisdom their mothers taught them and moms encouraging each other in the fray of parenting and married life.
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Ted Dekker’s New Series Questions Reality — Again
With "The 49th Mystic," Ted Dekker is back in the Circle universe, the setting of his earlier bestselling series of novels, where spiritual reality contests with physical reality.
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Contemporary Realism Empowers More Christian Fiction
Author Katie Ganshert and editor Shannon Marchese say more readers are open to fiction that takes on today's powerful issues.
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February Religion Bestsellers: Blessing Messy Lives; ‘Battle’, ‘Soar,’ ‘Stop,’ and go ‘Free’
Nonfiction bestsellers exhort believers to strengthen trust in God, no matter what. And characters in the top novels somehow find blessings in their messy lives.
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Is America Killing a 'Miracle'?
In a conversation with PW, Jonah Goldberg -- whose new book infuses religious language in a critical look at politics, economics, and society-- explains how Americans are risking the future of capitalism and liberty.



