International Society of Bible Collectors
The International Society of Bible Collectors offers a list of Bible collections and museums.
Category: Beliefs & practices
Thomas Nelson
The evangelical Christian publishing giant Thomas Nelson, a leading publisher of the KJV and owner of the New King James translation, has developed products, resources and events in celebration of the 400th KJV anniversary. Nelson also published Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible by David Teems.
Somersault Group
Somersault Group, in Grand Rapids, Mich., is a publishing consulting firm founded by a number of former executives at the evangelical publisher Zondervan. It is extremely knowledgeable about Bible publishing. View “The Bible on Steroids,” a presentation at the 2010 RNA conference.
King James Bible Trust
The King James Bible Trust was established to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the landmark book. The information hub includes news, the text and an international listing of events.
“Losing My Religion? No, Says Baylor Religion Survey”
The 2006 Baylor Survey of Religion found what it termed a “surprising level” of paranormal belief and experience, although “those beliefs and experiences tended to be confined to people outside traditional religion,” the report states. The survey was funded by the John Templeton Foundation and conducted by the Gallup Organization from October to December 2005. It found […]
“Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible with Cambridge
Cambridge University, the original printer of the King James Bible, has a dedicated mini-site in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the KJV.
“Paranormal beliefs, from prophetic dreams to Atlantis”
Evangelical Christians were the least likely of all religious groups to believe in the paranormal, and belief in the paranormal tended to decline the more one attended church. Those most likely to believe in the paranormal came from the “other” religious category – meaning not Christian and not Jewish. Read a Sept. 12, 2006, USA Today story summarizing the […]
“What People Do and Do Not Believe in”
A Harris Poll from 2009 found that four of 10 Americans believe in ghosts. About a third believe in UFOs, 23 percent in witches and 26 percent in astrology. One in five believe they were reincarnated from another person. 71 percent of Catholics and 79 percent of Protesants believe in the Virgin Birth, compared to 61 percent of […]
“The King James Bible at 400”
Read a Jan. 8, 2011, New York Times op-ed about the significance of the King James Bible.