Lynn Garrett (@LynniGarrett), editor of Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline (@PublishersWkly), reports that “Random House’s (@randomhouse) Crown Publishing Group (@CrownPublishing) is launching a new religion imprint, Convergent Books (@ConvergentBooks).”
According to a Crown statement, “Convergent will explore the contemporary faith experience for a broad range of Christians who are drawn to an open, inclusive, and culturally engaged exploration of faith.” The imprint will be based in Colorado Springs, Colo., and headed by Stephen W. Cobb, who has been president and publisher of the WaterBrook (@WaterBrookPress) imprint since 2001.
...Stated Cobb, “The audience for Convergent Books represents a growing movement of consumers. These readers typically don’t see themselves as either liberal or conservative, evangelical or mainline. Yet they frame their spiritual journey in Christian terms, and they’re absolutely passionate about what theologian Brian McLaren has called, ‘the sacred endeavor of loving God and neighbor, stranger, alien, outsider, outcast and enemy.’"
Convergent’s debut title list will appear in fall 2013.
Also see our previous blogposts, “Random House, Penguin Agree to Merge” and “HarperCollins in Early Merger Talks with Simon & Schuster.”
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