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Welcome once again from Westminster John Knox Press. It’s been a challenging yet rewarding year for us at WJK and we’re happy to have this opportunity to share our latest offerings with you.
 Patrick D. Miller kicks off an exciting expansion of our best-selling Interpretation commentary series with a comprehensive volume on The Ten Commandments. David H. Kelsey authors a two-volume set titled Eccentric Existence: A Theological Anthropology, which offers an ambitious, theologically grounded treatment of the fundamental question, What does it mean to be a human being? Thomas G. Long’s Accompany Them with Singing—The Christian Funeral, a guide for understanding, planning, and conducting theologically sound funerals, has already been hailed as “the text of record on this subject for the next fifty years.” And Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza continues to challenge the academic status quo with Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space, which provocatively argues that biblical meaning must be constantly evaluated rather than unquestioningly accepted. Intrigued? You’ll find excerpts of these four books in these pages.
WJK Press has indeed been blessed this year to once again publish many of the most respected academicians, theologians, and mainstream authors working today. We also recognize that as we continue to add to our library of relevant and challenging textbooks, the process of choosing the volumes that best meet your classroom’s criteria may be getting a bit more difficult. We’d like to help.
Through textbooks@wjkbooks.com, we offer educators an opportunity to consult directly via e-mail with theologically trained staff members who can help facilitate your review of the numerous academic texts available from WJK. From titles currently in development to volumes fresh off the press to our backlist of proven WJK classics for the classroom, we’re uniquely positioned to help you select the most appropriate text to support your efforts as an educator. As a bonus, this consultation is free! Once you’ve narrowed down your selection, simply fill out the automated form for submitting requests for complimentary examination copies.
On a sad note, this spring the press lost executive editor and dear friend Stephanie Egnotovich after a brief illness. Stephanie, through the numerous authors with whom she worked over the years, has given us all a rich library of cutting-edge textbooks to explore. Her work with Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Thomas G. Long, featured in this catalog, offers us one last glimpse into the mind of a truly gifted editor.
Jennifer K. Cox
Executive Director of Marketing and Production
Westminster John Knox Press
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