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Coffin, Brueggemann books win honors |
| Westminster John Knox Press books win two
top awards
Volumes by Coffin, Brueggemann take theological
booksellers honors
by Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service
http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2004/04555.htm
LOUISVILLE --
December 17, 2004 -- Westminster John Knox (WJK) Press
books by William Sloane Coffin and Walter Brueggemann won the two top awards
of the Association of Theological Booksellers at an awards ceremony Nov. 20
in San Antonio, TX.
Coffin's book Credo was named Book of the Year
and Brueggemann's An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and
Christian Imagination was honored as the Best Academic Book of 2004.
The ceremony was held during the annual meetings of the American Academy of
Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.
"We're very honored that booksellers have recognized us
with these awards," said Jack Keller, vice-president of publishing for WJK,
an imprint of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC). "We think this
shows both the depth and breadth of the quality of our publishing program."
Credo is a collection of
Coffin's words -- taken from speeches, sermons and lectures -- on issues
ranging from charity, justice, politics and the environment to morality and
the meaning of faith.
In An Introduction to the Old Testament
Brueggemann -- one of the foremost Old Testament scholars in the world --
takes readers on a chronological journey through each book of the Old
Testament, introducing broad theological themes and employing a variety of
interpretive tools -- literary, historical and theological.
For more information about these and other WJK books, call
800-227-2872 or visit the Web site
www.wjkbooks.com.
You can order either of these books here, through
Amazon.com. Get a discount and give the Witherspoon Society 5% of the
price through Amazon's Associates Compensation plan.
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A number of the most important actions of the 219th
General Assembly have now been acted upon by the presbyteries,
confirming most of them as amendments to the PC(USA) Book of Order.
We provided resources to help inform the
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Amendment 10-A,
which removes the current ban on
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender persons being considered as
possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
Approved! |
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Amendment 10-2,
which would add the Belhar Confession to our Book of
Confessions. Disapproved, because as an amendment
to the Book of Confessions it needed a 2/3 vote, and did not
receive that. |
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Amendment
10-1, which adopts the new Form of Government
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