About a month ago on MPR's program,
The Daily Circuit, Kerri Miller hosted a conversation on the popularity of religious books. I thought some of you bibliophiles might find some of the discussion interesting.
From the program introduction:
Just 50 years ago, it would have
been difficult to find many religious books at the bookstore. Today,
religious books fill entire sections in bookstores around the world.
What does the popularity of religious books say about our culture?
Marcia Z. Nelson, religion editor at
Publishers Weekly, will join The Daily Circuit Wednesday to talk about
religious books. "One of my former colleagues Phyllis
Tickle, at the height of the publishing boom, said that 'religious
books are portable pastors,'" Nelson said. "I think that's true and
that's one of the reasons they're so popular."
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, senior
religion editor for The Huffington Post, will also join the discussion.
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