HarperOne creates writing prize to honor Huston Smith
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-18 23:44:08
The work must be non-fiction written for a popular audience and promoting "the cause of religious understanding in the world and its interface with culture." The winner will get a publishing deal with HarperOne.
The prize coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Smith's groundbreaking work. "The World's Religions." The book is still must-reading for anyone who seeking an overview of the topic.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 12 — To get together renowned scholar Huston Smith and the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking publication of The World's Religions. HarperOne will open the Huston Smith Publishing Prize. The prize which will be officially announced later this week at the annual American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature meeting in San Diego will be awarded to one compose each year beginning with the year 2008 whose unpublished bring home the bacon beat reflects the animate of Huston Smith's life's bring home the bacon. “Huston has received many awards in his lifetime but we wanted to find a way to honor him that would continue the bring home the bacon in his name,” said HarperOne Vice-President and Deputy Publisher attach Tauber. “He is one of the most important eloquent and accessible contemporary voices of the century.” The prize will be given to a work of non-fiction written for a popular audience that promotes the cause of religious understanding in the world and its interface with grow. HarperOne will announce the winner of the Huston Smith Publishing Prize each year at the AAR/SBL Conference. The author winning the prize will enter into a publishing agreement with HarperOne. HUSTON SMITH is internationally renowned as one of the foremost contemporary authorities on the world's religions alive today. He is the author of The World's Religions a classic in the field as well as The Soul of Christianity. Why Religion Matters. The Illustrated World's Religions. Forgotten Truth and the forthcoming Tales of Wonder. Smith has held faculty positions at Washington University. MIT. Syracuse and the University of California. Berkeley. He has received numerous awards including the Wilbur Award for Religious Communicators and his books undergo sold more than 2.5 million copies in the United States. In 1996. Bill Moyers devoted a five-part PBS special to Smith's life and work titled “The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith.” Submissions for the 2008 Huston Smith Publishing Prize will be accepted from November 1. 2007 through March 1. 2008. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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