Lattin

Loaded language

When is it appropriate to use the words “fundamentalist” and “cult?” What are other terms with which I must be careful? By Don Lattin The San Francisco Chronicle* CULT is a word that should be used with care. Some of its dictionary definitions are value neutral, with such meanings as “formal religious veneration,” such as […]

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Loyal D. Rue

Loyal D. Rue is author of By the Grace of Guile: The Role of Deception in Natural History and Human Affairs (Oxford University Press, 1994) and professor of religion and philosophy at Luther College, an Evangelical Lutheran school in Decorah, Iowa. He says organized religion has lost the moral authority it once had. At the same time, he […]

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Suzanne Bowdey

Senior writer and editor for the Family Research Council.  Her previous jobs have included serving as communications director for the Best Friends Foundation, an inner-city abstinence program.

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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.

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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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