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The Top 10 Religion Publishing Stories of 2024
Sales are up, Christian publishers are positioning for growth, and Pat Boone is still a star crooner and author.
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Exploring God’s Covenant: PW Talks with Rabbi Irving 'Yitz' Greenberg
Greenberg's new book, 'The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism' explores the evolving nature of God's covenant with humanity, theodicy, and the Jewish vision of a perfected world. PW caught up with Greenberg to talk about the book, and the author’s own spiritual evolution.
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Religion Book Deals: December 18, 2024
Among this week's deals, a look at why women are leaving church, a Muslim and a Christian warn about secularism, and a professor addresses Jewish polarization over the Israel/Hamas war.
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Transformational Titles for a New Year Renewal
Religion publishers' forthcoming books offer pathways to a fresh start after the tough times of 2024.
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New Editor Aims to Energize Schocken Books
Ben Hyman is enthusiastic about leading the historic Jewish imprint, known for a backlist ranging from Kafka to cookbooks.
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PRH Grupo Editorial Names Larry Downs VP and Publisher of Religious Division
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial has promoted Larry Downs to VP and publisher of its religious division, which has seen significant growth in sales of Bibles and related titles in the U.S. and Latin America.
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Gary Johnson, Christian Publishing Pioneer, Dies at 86
Johnson, who served nearly half a century as president of Bethany House Publishers, is widely credited with helping establish Christian fiction as a powerful publishing category.
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Becoming a Healed and Healthy Leader
InterVarsity Press offers a suite of titles to help leaders fend off burnout and lead with compassion. (Sponsored)
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'Christianity Today' Names Annual Award Winners
This year two titles shared the Book of The Year title and the top books were named in 15 categories.
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Candida Moss to Lead Anchor Yale Bible
The theologian and author will be the fifth general editor, first New Testament Scholar, and first woman to lead the 68-year-old series of commentaries and reference works.
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A Black Scholar Finds Healing Through History
Yolanda Pierce, a scholar on Black religion, tells PW her new book, ‘The Wounds are the Witness,’ explores how learning about the legacy of harms of slavery and the Jim Crow era can pave a way to a more joyful and just future.
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Religion Book Deals: Dec. 4, 2024
A new picture book, a pair of novels, and two titles by a mental health expert, and more are among this week’s deals.
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Rebuilding Faith: PW Talks with Erin Hicks Moon
The host of the Faith Adjacent podcast and author of the popular “The Swipe Up” newsletter is now putting it all out there in book form with 'I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God,' publishing in February (Baker Books).
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AAR Honors Pioneering Jewish Feminist Theologian Judith Plaskow
The American Academy of Religion celebrated former AAR president Plaskow's trailblazing scholarship including her 1990 monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective,' and presented awards to authors for excellence in the study of religion, history and the arts.
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Religion Scholars Share Books—and Worries—at Annual Meeting
The annual joint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion was a forum for hot-button issues and a weekend of opportunities for academic religion publishers.
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AAR to Honor Jewish Feminist Theologian and Author, Judith Plaskow
Ever since Plaskow' trailblazing monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective' was published in 1990 year—boldly asserting that the Torah was written by men for men and it was time to claim women's place at the mountain—Plaskow has almost always been described as the "pioneering Jewish Feminist theologian."
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Anticipating the Power and Pleasure of Christmas
Advent, beginning December 1, is a spiritual warm-up to the joyful triumph of Christmas. And publishers are offering titles to brighten and enlighten people during the hectic holiday preparations.
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Christy Award Winners for Christian Fiction Honored at Gala
Among the winners, 'Indigo Isle' by T.I. Lowe (Tyndale House) took home the Christy Award for Book of the Year, and The Amplify Award for Christian Fiction, which seeks to elevate stories from ethnically diverse perspectives, went to 'The American Queen' by Vanessa Miller (Thomas Nelson).
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Religion Book Deals: November 20, 2024
Lisa Fields looks at fallen heroes for Multnomah, and WaterBook takes a nine book series from John Mark Comer and the team at Practicing the Way.
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Children's Christmas Books Where Jesus Stars
While many Christmas titles for tots are more jingle bells than Jesus, some publishers are explicit about salvation and the Son of God.