Several Books To Be Published by King’s Faculty During Next Academic Year
The publication of these books highlights the diverse interests and areas of expertise represented by the faculty at King’s, as well as the College’s ongoing commitment to support faculty as they write to both specialist and generalist readers.
Books by a number of King’s faculty are newly available or slated for publication during the 2015-16 academic year. The publication of these books highlights the diverse interests and areas of expertise represented by the faculty at King’s, as well as the College’s ongoing commitment to support faculty as they write to both specialist and generalist readers.
On June 30, Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins released Dr. Joseph Loconte’s book A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918. Loconte is an Associate Professor of History at King’s. In his book, he explores how the experience of combat in the First World War influenced the lives and literary imagination of Tolkien and Lewis. The book is available from Amazon.com.
This summer Dr. David Corbin, Professor of Politics, and Dr. Matthew Parks, Associate Professor of Politics, published an edited collection of essays originally released by The Federalist and The Blaze. The collection, published as an e-book and available on Amazon, is titled Republic of Republics: The Complete Federalist Today. These 85 essays apply the timeless principles of The Federalist Papers to contemporary American politics.
Dr. Dru Johnson, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, will publish several books during the 2015-16 academic year. HisScripture’s Knowing: A Companion to Biblical Knowing (Cascade Books, 2015) is a shorter and more accessible version of his scholarly book Biblical Knowing (Cascade Books, 2013). Johnson has also written a commentary in the Transformative Word series on Genesis 1-11, which will help to make the scholarship on Genesis accessible to non-scholars. Johnson’s monograph Knowledge by Ritual: A Biblical Prolegomenon to Sacramental Theology (Eisenbrauns, 2016) examines the Scriptural view of the human body and social body as the center of Israel’s knowledge in the Hebrew Bible and Christianity’s knowledge in the New Testament. Another monograph, set for release in 2016 by Routledge, is titled Epistemology and Biblical Theology: From the Pentateuch to the Gospel of Mark. It explores the Scriptural theory of knowing which appears from the Pentateuch into the Gospels.
In spring 2016, Wm. B. Eerdmans is slated to release How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, and Politics at the End of the World, co-authored by Professor Alissa Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at King’s, and Dr. Robert Joustra, Assistant Professor of International Politics at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario. Wilkinson and Joustra outline apocalyptic themes in popular culture and explore their implications for the future of North American politics.
Last September, Associate Professor of Business Dawn Fotopulos’s book Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners was published by AMACOM. Fotopulos’s book helps small business owners take accounting control of their own businesses through practical steps and plain language. In April 2015, a panel of judges with Small Business Trends votedAccounting for the Numberphobic the Best Business Book in Economics for 2015.