PW'S BEST RELIGION BOOKS

The trade journal for book publishing, Publishers Weekly, has announced their picks for the Top Ten Religion Books for 2005. Pointing out that there were several religious books that were big sellers, PW's Jana Riess adds: "But the best-selling books are not always critical faves. Some on our "best" list -- culled from the starred reviews in PW and listed here alphabetically by author -- have become bestsellers ... others flew under the radar."

You can, of course, see the whole list here. But we would like to call special attention to the inclusion of our pal, David Dark, and his book, The Gospel According to America: A Meditation on a God-Blessed, Christ-Haunted Idea (Westminster John Knox). The item reads, "This might be the best book ever in WJKP’s popular Gospel According to… series, which looks at faith and popular culture. It's both literary and fun. Is there any work of American literature Dark hasn’t read?"

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Chris Well is the author of the suspense thriller Forgiving Solomon Long (Harvest House). Find him online at StudioWell.com, or at his new blog, Learning Curve. (Subscribe to the RSS Feed).

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