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Jana Riess
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The Book of Mormon: Selections Annotated & Explained By Jana Riess
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Edward Cullen may be no Nephi, but according to Jana Riess, Stephenie Meyer's novels abound in Book of Mormon theology and symbolism. Riess, the former religion book review editor for Publisher's Weekly and currently acquisitions editor with Westminster John Knox Press, said that journalists ignore Meyer's background in English literature and often depict her as an intellectually limited "Mormon housewife.
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By Steve Rabey Religion News Service
... and why their life is better for it, said Jana Riess, the former religion editor for Publishers W...
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Romney wins GOP caucus in Maine AUGUSTA, Maine - Mitt Romney won the presidential preference voting among Maine Republicans on Saturday in the party's municipal caucuses, which were heavily attended across the state.
... together for time and all eternity, said Jana Riess, a Mormon convert and the Cincinnati-based c...
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These books offer ideas on journeys of pilgrimage in the United States and around the world. * "American Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys and Spiritual Destinations" (Paraclete Press, $16.95)
... not according to authors Mark Ogilbee and Jana Riess. They describe a pilgrim as a special sort o...
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By Edward Nawotka Bloomberg News
...Jana Riess, religion book review editor of Publishers W...
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Why would publishers risk offending deeply pious or intellectually prickly Americans with book titles such as "The Koran for Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jesus? It's the economy, stupid.
... want you to quote from other scholars," said Jana Riess, co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies.". (Cop...
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SALT LAKE CITY - Gordon B. Hinckley was remembered as a "prophet to the people" on Saturday as tens of thousands of faithful Mormons gathered to say goodbye to the church's longtime president. The funeral at the conference center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints capped a week of mourning for Hinckley, who died Jan. 27 at age 97.
... together for time and all eternity, said Jana Riess, a Mormon convert and the Cincinnati-based c...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It's tough for scholars to be taken seriously when their subject is a TV show about a California blonde fighting evil in a high school built on a gateway to hell. Particularly when the title is as campy as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
...Jana Riess, a religious book editor for Publishers Week...
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Riess, Jana. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. xviii + 1...
