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.

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Barbara G. Wheeler

Barbara G. Wheeler is the former longtime president of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York, a leading Presbyterian seminary. In November 2003, Wheeler engaged in a widely followed debate on gay ordination with Richard J. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., a leading evangelical institution. The exchange, titled “Strangers: A Dialogue About […]

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Richard T. Nolan

The Rev. Canon Richard T. Nolan is a retired Episcopal priest who has taught philosophy and religion at a number of colleges and universities. He and his partner, Robert C. Pingpank, have been together for more than 50 years, and Nolan says they can testify to the “ordinariness” of their lives. They have a website that tells their story. […]

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“Let Us Now Praise KJV”

“Let Us Now Praise KJV” is a Feb. 16, 2011, column by Scott McLemee in the periodical Inside Higher Ed that claims the King James Bible “is the only one with any flavor; the rest are as appetizing as a sawdust sandwich.”

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