April 2, 2025
Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Washington, D.C., who urged President Donald Trump to show “mercy” in his second term, has inked deals with two Penguin Random House imprints for books for young people. more
A longtime leader at Waterbrook & Multnomah, Barker will leave the company effective April 15, with recently hired editorial director Madison Trammel taking oversight of adult fiction and nonfiction editorial at the division. more
Authors challenge misconceptions about the sacred text and apply biblical perspectives to abortion, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and other contemporary issues in four new works. more
Full of warmth and joy, From Me to You, Love God reminds young children of God’s overflowing love for them. Eighty envelopes are hidden throughout the book, perfect for little hands to point out and little hearts to remember that God is with them everywhere, no matter the situation. (Sponsored) More
These new titles for Pesach give young ones a taste of the holiday’s history and traditions, from tales of adventure to a board book shaped like a Seder plate. more
Two music lovers bring a contemporary spin—and sound—to the Haggadah, the handbook that guides a Passover Seder, with The Rock ‘n’ Roll Haggadah (Simon Element, out now). more
Picture books on God’s love for kids, a guide to Judaism, and devotionals tailored to specific audiences are among the titles involved in recent deals. more
Twenty-seven winners across 21 book categories were selected for this year’s award, presented at the Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference this past March. more
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The Episcopal priest debuts with a bracing personal account of generations of women fleeing from violence as Palestinian Christian refugees in 1948 and later escaping civil war in Lebanon. The result is a powerful narrative of loss and survival with the aid of their faith. more
The lawyer and Israeli diplomat draws deeply on Jewish tradition for this impassioned defense of productive disagreement as a vital “source of renewable intellectual energy.” His intelligent, well-grounded view that productive disagreement helps to build a resilient society makes a persuasive case for the value of agreeing to disagree. more
The author, who was raised in an “uber-religious” evangelical household, recounts her eight-year gender “transformation” in this no-holds-barred memoir. She delves into the challenges of constructing a new faith outside the constraints of organized religion in a candid and unflinching window into what it means to find oneself. more
The professor emeritus of religion at Queensland University comprehensively chronicles two millennia of scholarship on the biblical story of the flood. He points to the story’s relevance in a world that risks destruction from yet another “cataclysmic climate event” wrought by “human wrongdoing.” This is a worthy reconsideration of an ancient story. more
At this year’s Faith Angle Forum on religion and society, held last month in Miami Beach by the Aspen Institute, sociologist James E. Shelton, director of the Center for African American Studies at University of Texas at Arlington, discussed his new book, The Contemporary Black Church: the New Dynamics of African American Religion (NYU Press), with journalists and scholars. (Photo: Cathy Lynn Grossman)
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