Jo Ann McNamara
05/21/2009
Today we at the University of Pennsyvlania Press received news that Jo Ann McNamara, Professor Emerita of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, has died. McNamara wrote… READ MORE
Category: Religious Studies
Miller’s History News Net Essay on Evangelicals in Politics
05/18/2009
"Recent developments might be giving historians of the increasingly prominent subject of American evangelicalism (specifically, political evangelicalism) reason to consider whether we have reached the end of an era," says… READ MORE
2 North Carolina Papers on Miller’s Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South
05/11/2009
The Winston-Salem Journal and The Star-News of Wilmington have taken notice of Steven P. Miller's new book on North Carolina native Billy Graham. In an editorial for The Winston-Salem Journal,… READ MORE
Reading the Qur’an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560–Now in Paperback
Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 Thomas E. Burman 328 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4018-4 | $59.95 | £39.00 Paper 2009… READ MORE
Recent Awards for Newman and Ruggles
04/28/2009
Penn Press is pleased to share the great news about two recent awards for our authors. Barbara Newman received the Haskins Medal for 2009 from the Medieval Academy of America… READ MORE
Major Review Weekend
04/20/2009
Two Penn Press authors were favorably reviewed in major publications this past weekend. Ross Douthat praised Steven P. Miller in yesterday's New York Times Sunday Book Review. Douthat wrote: …it’s… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South
04/01/2009
In the April Penn Press podcast, historian and author Steven P. Miller discusses his new book Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South. Miller describes the evangelist's connections… READ MORE
Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South–Now Available
Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South Steven P. Miller 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4151-8 | $29.95 | £19.50… READ MORE
Culture and Belonging in Divided Societies–Now Available
03/25/2009
Culture and Belonging in Divided Societies: Contestation and Symbolic Landscapes Edited by Marc Howard Ross 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 11 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4145-7 |… READ MORE
Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians–Now Available
03/24/2009
Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians Thomas F. X. Noble 496 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4141-9 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the… READ MORE
