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Books by RNA members

Beryl Lieff Benderly

Her Works Praise Her: A History of Jewish Women in America from Colonial Times to Present
by Hasia Diner and Beryl Lieff Benderly

The Growth of the Mind: And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence
by Stanley I. Greenspan and Beryl Lieff Benderly

Dancing Without Music: Deafness in America    
John Blake
Children of the Movement    
Kristi Meisenbach Boylan
The Seven Sacred Rites of Menarche: The Spiritual Journey of the Adolescent Girl   Born to be Wild: Freeing the Spirit of the Hyperactive Child
Norris Burkes
No Small Miracles: Heartwarming, Humorous & Hopefilled Stories from a Pediatric Chaplain    
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Celebrating Your Jewish Daughter: Creating Ways to Welcome Baby Girls Into the Covenant
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen and Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
   
John Dart
The Gospel of Thomas, Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus
By John Dart, Ray Riegert, John Dominic Crossan
Decoding Mark
Cathleen Falsani
The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People    
Donna Gehrke-White
The Face Behind the Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America    
Russell M. Genet
The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants: The Evolutionary Epic of Humanity    
David Gibson
The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful Are Shaping a New American Catholicism The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World
Ari L. Goldman 
Living a Year of Kaddish The Search for God at Harvard
Being Jewish: The Spiritual and Cultural Practice of Judaism Today    
Tom Heneghan
Pope John Paul II: Reaching Out Across Borders
By Tom Heneghan and the journalists of Reuters

   
Cecile S. Holmes
Four Women, Three Faiths: Inspiring Spiritual Journeys    
Don Lattin

Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium
By Don Lattin, Richard Cimino

Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today
Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge    
Judge Janice Law
Sex Appealed: Was the U.S. Supreme Court Fooled?
(2005)
Yield: A Judge's Fir$t-Year Diary
(2006)
Strangers in Blood: Distanced Lives
(2007)
   
Gunther Lawrence

The Business of Being a Jew

Jay Street Publishers
PO Box 230944, NY NY 10023 
$18 (including postage)
jaystpub@verizon.net

   
Debra L. Mason
Readings on Religion as News
Edited by Judith M. Buddenbaum and Debra L. Mason
   
Christopher Meehan
  Deadly Waters Flourishing in the Land: A Hundred-Year History of Christian Reformed Missions in North America
by Scott Hoezee and Christopher H. Meehan
Gathered at the River: Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Its People of Faith
by James D. Bratt and Christopher H. Meehan
Murder on the Grand
Murder on Sacred Ground    
Paul Moses
Days of Intense Emotion: Praying with Pope John Paul II in the Holy Land
By Robert F. Keeler and Paul Moses
   
Brian Murphy
The New Men The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery, and Lore of the Persian Carpet
Marcia Z. Nelson
The Gospel According To Oprah The God of Second Chances: Stories of Lives Transformed by Faith
Richard Ostling
Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
By Richard Ostling & Joan K. Ostling

Mormon America - Revised and Updated Edition:
The Power and the Promise

By Richard Ostling & Joan K. Ostling

Michael Paulson
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
Boston Globe Investigative Staff, Kevin Cullen, Thomas Farragher, Stephen Kurkjian, Michael Paulson
   
Mark Pinsky
The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family A Jew Among the Evangelicals: A Guide for the Perplexed
Gerald Renner
Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II
By Gerald Renner, Jason Berry
   
Patricia Rice
A Catholic Funeral    
Jana Riess
What Would Buffy Do: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide Mormonism For Dummies
By Jana Riess and Christopher Kimball Bigelow
Ira Rifkin
Spiritual Innovators: 75 Extraordinary People Who Changed the World in the Past Century Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval
Christopher D. Ringwald
The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addiction A Day Apart: How Jews, Christians, and Muslims Find Faith, Freedom, and Joy on the Sabbath
Holly Lebowitz Rossi
Religion, Race and Justice in a Changing America
edited by Gary Orfield and Holly Lebowitz Rossi
   
Sally Santana

The Examined Life: Our Spiritual Journey


   
Tom Schaefer
Seasons of Faith: Longing for God in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer    
Jeff Sheler
Is the Bible True?

Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America

Michael Ray Smith
Featurewriting.net The Jesus Newspaper: The Christian Experiment of 1900 and Its Lessons for Today
Peggy Fletcher Stack
A World of Faith
By Peggy Fletcher Stack & Kathleen Peterson
   
Peter Steinfels
A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America    
Gary Stern
Can God Intervene?: How Religion Explains Natural Disasters    
Douglas Todd
Brave Souls: Writers and Artists Wrestle With God, Love, Death and the Things That Matter The Soul-Searcher's Guide to the Galaxy: Figuring Out Life's Challenges from Housework to Sex to Global Warming
Ray Waddle
A Turbulent Peace: The Psalms for Our Time Against The Grain: Unconventional Wisdom From Ecclesiastes
Mary Ann Walsh
John Paul II: A Light for the World--Essays and Reflections on the Papacy of John Paul II    
Hiley H. Ward
My Friends' Beliefs: A Young Reader's Guide to World Religions Understanding Reality Religion: A Mind-Opening Look at God, the Bible, the Church and Faith
Gayle Colquitt White
Believers and Beliefs: A Practical guide to Religious Etiquette for Business and Social Occasions    
Diane Winston
Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of The Salvation Army    
Kimberly Winston
Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope After Shattered Dreams Fabric of Faith: A Guide to the Prayer Quilt Ministry
Larry Witham
By Design: Science and the Search for God Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America
Who Shall Lead Them?: The Future of Ministry in America A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History
Ken Woodward
The Book of Miracles Making Saints

Grandparents/Grandchildren,
revised edition (1985)
By Ken Woodward, Arthur Kornhaber


   
David Yonke
Sin, Shame, And Secrets: The Murder of a Nun, the Conviction of a Priest, and Cover-up in the Catholic Church    

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Religion Newswriters presents a guide to the basics of reporting on religion, including important resources and advice about potential pitfalls. Faith and ethics intersect with every topic journalists cover these days. This guide will help veteran journalists, rookies, radio and television reporters and online media providers add insight, balance and context to their stories.

THE BASICS
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The case for covering religion
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