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The Rise of Pop Culture in Religious Studies
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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Recovering Jewish History: Lawrence H. Schiffman
Lawrence H. Schiffman has had a distinguished career as a scholar of Second Temple literature that has culminated in his work on a massive collection of ancient extra-biblical Jewish writings he hopes will help both Jews and Christians reclaim their religious heritage.
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HarperCollins Christian Publishing Launches Graphic Novels Initiative
HarperCollins Christian Publishing is launching a new graphic novel initiative, Vital Shift, to be announced Thursday (Oct. 10) at New York Comic Con. Seven graphic novels series for readers 18-34 will be published between now and 2019; Messiah: Origin, the first in the Messiah series, releases this week.
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Free-to-Authors Self-Pub POD Service Launches in Christian Market
Charisma House has launched a new POD self-publishing service called Excel, offering free typesetting, custom cover design, and e-book formatting for authors. The launch is part of a wave of such ventures in the Christian market.
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New Custom Imprint for Christian Authors
My Healthy Church, the direct-to-church distributor and publisher of church resources owned by the Assemblies of God denomination, announced today the November 1 launch of Salubris Publishing, a custom book imprint for Christian authors.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: In Profile
Veronica Mary Rolf’s relationship with Julian of Norwich, the 14th-century mystic, began on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: The Spirit of Cultural Shifts
We live in the age of new media and the kingdom of pop culture, and a new crop of books looks at how those spheres intersect with religion.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: Books on Buddhism
As the Buddhist community in America continues to grow, and readers who are not necessarily Buddhist are drawn to Buddhist ideas and practices, publishers have found success promoting translated classic titles along with general, concise introductions that can both appeal to a general audience and be used in the classroom for religious studies courses.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: Mormon Studies Grows Up
Well into the 1990s, academic and university presses published very few books related to the study of Mormonism.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: Different Faiths, Side by Side
In our increasingly global society, books that compare and illuminate the worlds’ faiths can prove useful tools in fostering tolerance and cooperation. Today, with events in the Middle East still at center stage, understanding Islam in the context of other faiths dominates the field.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: The Legacy of Liberal Christianity, Reassessed
News of liberal Christianity’s pending demise has been greatly exaggerated—at least according to publishers who see a tradition in transition with much left to offer in a shifting religious landscape.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: The Quest for Paul
Books that probe more deeply the writings of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament—especially the letters of Paul—and writings outside of both the Hebrew and Christian canon are plentiful this publishing season. The flood of biblical studies books includes new perspectives on Paul, as well as approaches to biblical criticism, religious violence, the Psalms, and the nature and character of the canon.
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Religion Update Fall 2013: Jesus Studies
The scandal of Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House, July) is not so much in what he says but that so few people have heard it before.
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Collaboration Leads to New Christian Self-Publishing Company, 1Source
A new partnership of four established companies in Christian publishing that offers authors what they need to publish and distribute is attracting established writers.
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LifeWay Finalizes Berean Stores Purchase
LifeWay Christian Stores has finalized the purchase of 17 Berean Christian Stores.
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Tyndale Acquires Children's Brands from Standard
Tyndale House Publishers has purchased the Happy Day children’s books and Faith That Sticks sticker brands from Standard Publishing.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, September 2013
Honors and awards; a publishing house comes back to life; refreshed Buddhist Web site; expanded Christian trade show; new deal for Eldredge.
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Lino Rulli: Screw-Ups Can Be Saints Too
Lino Rulli says saints aren’t always nuns and popes—they could be the regular guy in the next pew.
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Cynthia Black, Discoverer of 'The Secret', Dies
Cynthia Black, best known for acquiring and editing the megaseller The Secret, has died. Atria publisher and president Judith Curr called Black "a great publishing visionary who cared deeply about her authors and the audience of people that could be helped via her books."
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It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, September, 2013
The Big Picture Interactive Bible Storybook for kids adds augmented reality; a Berenstain Bears storybook Bible adds audio.
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