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Living More with Less: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
The time has come again for a 30-year-old book to teach how to live more simply in a complex world
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Comedian and Artist Produce ‘A Love Story with Blood’: The Comic Torah
A comic book version of the Torah is at once lighthearted and respectful
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English-Language Tanach Opens Judaism’s Central Text to a New Generation
As Hannukah is upon us, a groundbreaking English-only contemporary translation of the Tanach promises to open the Hebrew Bible to a new generation
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Hendrickson Introduces Oldest Bible at SBL
Hendrickson debuted its facsimile edition of the world’s oldest Bible at the SBL meeting
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Publishers Report Less Economic Anxiety, Good Business at Biblical Scholars’ Meeting
The annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature found publishers upbeat and looking forward to a return to concurrent meetings with the American Academy of Religion
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Editor's Note
This weekend I head to the annual meeting of the Association of American Religion, held this year October 29-November 1 in Atlanta, Ga. The conference offers many sessions for professors of religious studies, and the topics provide clues for trends that will eventually bubble up into trade publishing. The scholarly segment of publishing is in the same flux as the rest of the industry, but with some unique challenges I will be talking to publishers about.
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It’s a Wrap-Up
Some nontraditional Christmas books include In the Dark Streets Shineth (Shadow Mountain, Oct.), the story of Winston Churchill’s wartime White House Christmas, recounted by historian David McCullough, and the irreverent Atheist’s Guide to Christmas, edited by comedy writer and journalist Ariane Sherine (Harper Perennial, Nov.). There is also a brace of Amish tales, and The Christmas Spirit by Joel Osteen (Free Press, Nov.), with memories of his childhood celebrations.
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October 2010 Christian Marketplace Bestsellers
Sarah Young's Jesus Calling rides the top of the Christian hardcover list; commentaries for NIV and KJV Bibles, both hardcover and paperback, are firmly ensconced; longtime stars like Max Lucado and Joyce Meyer take their places; and new bright lights Frances Chan and David Platt are still going strong.
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What Does the Bible Say About Animals?
Animal advocate and Southwestern University professor of religion and the environment Laura Hobgood-Oster’s new book, The Friends We Keep, restores animals to their rightful place as a Christian concern.
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Ilan Stavans
Versatile scholar Ilan Stavans takes a look at what the Hebrew Bible says about human love in its many forms.
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Short Takes
New World Library’s Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest, by Michael Krasny, the host of KQED's Forum, has sold through a first printing and gone back to press….MyStudyBible.com, an online service for reading and studying the Bible, has been launched by Lifeway Christian Resources and features their new Holman Christian Standard Study Bible…. A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy is holding its annual conference November 12-14 in Litchfield, Conn….. Christian Trade Association for India has been formed in Bangalore…. The Sam Hill Group and Glass Road Public Relations have formed a partnership to get Christian books adapted for movies….
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Religion in Review
Original RBL reviews of books coming in November include On the Right Track , a story of redemption by disgraced track star Marion Jones (Howard); Signposts: A Devotional by publishing executive Eric Kampmann (WND Books); Beyond a House Divided by Carl Anderson (Doubleday), who argues that Americans share more values than many assume; and Shalom/Salaam by Thomas Block (Fons Vitae), which traces the common history of Sufism and Kabbalah. Sneak peeks of reviews coming in the November 8 issue of PW include two stars, Unconditional? The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness by Brian Zahnd (Strang/Charisma House, Jan.) and Heaven’s Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr and Madwoman by Leigh Erich Schmidt (Basic, Dec.).
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Happy 400, King James Version
Next year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, the foundational translation and key shaper of the English language and literature. Publishers are marking the occasion in various ways, beginning this month.
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The State of the Word Is Good
If frontlist publishing is a hare dashing to bestsellerdom, then Bible publishing, in the words of one publishing executive, is the tortoise, steadily plugging away toward a better bottom line.
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In Profile
Interviews with three religion writers.
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Making It to 'The Daily Show'
As publishers prepare for the fireside reading season, they're counting on scholars to light a flame by bringing insights on religion to general audiences far removed from campus.
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Bible Reference in the Electronic Age
Got questions about how to use turmeric, the mating habits of penguins, or why water still drips out of the faucet when it should come through the filter you've attached? If you're like the majority of the curious today, you'll turn to the Internet for answers.
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Of Biblical Scholarship There Is No End
What could possibly be new about biblical scholarship? After all, "there's nothing new under the sun," according to Ecclesiastes—the biblical book, or guy, by that name. Or if you're reading that book in Hebrew, it's not Ecclesiastes but Qoheleth, so some English translations call him "the Preacher."
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What Do Academic Religion Publishers See?
Publishers of scholarly religion books, in general, are in the same boat as all other publishers—dealing with the effects of the economic recession and wrestling with the promise and perils of the digital revolution.
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Short Takes
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, will be awarded Brandeis University’s second Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize on November 30.... Max Lucado (at left, with editors Karen Hill, on the left, and Liz Heaney) was feted at a surprise party in Nashville on September 13 to celebrate his 25 years in publishing.... Christianbook.com is launching eBooks, a new online store that will offer thousands of Christian e-books, and a free platform that operates in the browser of a computer, smartphone, or iPad.... Ingrum on board as FaithWords editor....First-ever Christian Store Day is October 23....
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