NASHVILLE — Biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann was named the winner of the “Best General Interest Book” in the 2000 Theologos Awards presented recently by the Association of Theological Booksellers. Brueggemann’s winning book was “Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World” (Fortress Press).
Other winners were:
Best Academic Book: “Who Are We? Critical Reflections and Hopeful Possibilities,” by Jean Bethke Elshtain (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.).
Best Children’s Book: “If Nathan Were Here,” by Mary Bahr (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.).
Book of the Year: “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker Palmer (Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers).
Publisher of the Year: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
The winners were honored at a Nov. 18 ceremony during the annual conference of the Association of Theological Booksellers in Nashville. The association includes publishers as well as seminary, university and college bookstores.
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