Praeger Publishers, an award-winning imprint of ABC-CLIO, is accepting proposals for books on the following topics:
--current controversies in religion
--religion in current events
--religion in the "public square," particularly education/schools, and government
--religion and economics
--religion and global climate change/sustainability
--religion and the paranormal
--religion and sexual mores
--religion and human rights
and other topics having to do with contemporary Religion and religious issues.
We are particularly looking for books along these lines:
* The New American Athlete-Evangelist: Sports as Religious Breeding
Ground
* Religion in Science Fiction: From "Stranger in a Strange Land" to "Battlestar Galactica"; or, To Infinity and Beyond
* Radical Life Extension: Religious Views of Transhumanism
* Digital Death: How Social Media Are Altering the Grieving Process
* Jesus Was a Bully: How Religion Promotes a Culture of Bullying
* The Unholy Un-dead: Vampires, Ghosts, and Zombies in Religious Practice
* How Religion Undermines the Quest for Sustainability
* Why Israel Matters: How American Religion Influences Peace in the Middle East
* Hip-Hop and the Remaking of Urban Religion
* Selling Inner Peace: The Commodification of Yoga in America
* Talking to the Dead: Divination as Religious/Spiritual Practice
* Tweeting Religion: Using New Media for Religious Purposes
* Boycotting Sin: Religiously Motivated Consumer Action
* God on High: Defining Religion in the Marijuana Age
* New Religious Movements and the New Media Effect
* Transgressing Gender in the Bible: Cross-dressing, Transexuality, and Other Re-genderings
Praeger publishes informative, often opinionated, authoritative but accessible books for today's layreaders (i.e., non-scholars) who have an interest in how Religion influences and shapes the contemporary world. Our books provide in-depth analysis of issues, promoting greater understanding, critical thinking, and open discussion. We happily publish all sides of an issue. Recent Praeger books in this area include The Handbook of Near-Death
Experiences; Essential Hinduism; Sex in the Bible; Santeria.
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