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PW Talks with G. Willow Wilson: A Marvel-ous Muslim Feminist Superhero
Marvel has released the Ms. Marvel comic book #3, "Side Entrance." PW spoke with its author, G. Willow Wilson, about her unique superhero.
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Faith and Writing Fest Marks Spring in Winter-Worn Grand Rapids
The biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., featured high-profile authors and drew 2,000 attendees eager to explore the connections between faith and creative expression.
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Baker Publishing to Acquire Regal Books
Baker Publishing Group and Gospel Light announced that Baker will acquire Regal Books, the trade line of Ventura, Calif.-based Gospel Light.
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PW Talks with John Ortberg: The Care and Feeding of a Soul
John Ortberg’s mentor, Dallas Willard, inspired him to write a book on the proper care and feeding of the soul. Through their conversations, Ortberg captured the wisdom imparted before he died, making the book “a kind of Tuesdays with Willard."
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, April 9, 2014
Staff additions; a name change; sales goals exceeded; a new printing option.
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Religion Publishers Present Their Titles to PW Editors: A Preview of What’s Coming
In three days of meetings in the latest of our semiannual Religion Summits, fourteen religion/spirituality publishers presented their new and forthcoming books and talked about the challenges of the business. We heard about new voices to watch for and rising topics.
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Heaven Was Beautiful, But I Came Back
Stories from those who say they have seen heaven and returned to life will probably always find an audience, all the more as Baby Boomers age and confront their mortality. A new movie could continue to fuel the extraordinary recent interest in books by those who claim to have returned from the next world.
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Little Books That Might: Foray into Spirituality an Adventure for Music Publisher
A music publisher is venturing into religion/spirituality with a line of books about the spiritual thoughts of celebrities. Now the company just needs to figure out where it can sell them.
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It is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, April 9, 2014
B&H's newest Spanish-language study Bible includes 15,000 study notes; a 3D Bible for kids.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, April 9, 2014
A new children's picture book imaginatively depicts Hildegard of Bingen; a Christian pastor welcomes the end of Christendom.
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Sarah Jakes: Detours, Then Destination
Growing up a preacher's kid is never easy, but when your father is as high-profile as T.D. Jakes, it's even harder. Now his daughter Sarah tells her story of running off the rails before getting back on track.
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T. Davis Bunn: Listening to God
His new novel, "The Turning," may bring exactly that for T. Davis Bunn: a turning to a new platform and new audiences for his Christian suspense fiction. It will also provide him with a new medium--he'll be teaching lessons drawn from the book on Moody Radio, a unique opportunity for a novelist.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, March 26, 2014
Mental health awareness for churches; Mandela Award; redesigned Bible software.
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Sara Miles: God, One City Block at a Time
Sara Miles, once a war reporter in Central America, didn’t give religion much thought then. Now she is an Episcopal lay liturgist and preacher taking to the streets of San Francisco and finding God there.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, March 26, 2014
Catholic priest Ronald Rolheiser examines late-life spirituality; scholar Michael Coogan offers a brief history of the Decalogue.
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It is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, March 26, 2014
Handy Bible Answers; a Bible for those who grieve.
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Holidays of Hope: Books for Passover and Easter
New books for the most joyful holidays in Judaism and Christianity offer fresh approaches.
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Catholics Snap Up Books at Religious Education Congress
Almost 40,000 Catholics gathered in mid-March in Anaheim, Calif., for the annual L.A. Religious Education Congress, and they bought a lot of books from Catholic publishers.
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PW Talks with Michael Marissen: A Tainted 'Messiah'?
Michael Marissen contends there is an undercurrent of anti-Judaism in Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus, in a book to be published just in time for Easter.
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Religion Publishers Address New Issues to Court Millennials
Religion publishers move away from baby boomer obsessions to focus on social issues that concern Millennials.



