Beverly Lewis talks about her writings during an interview at a Christian Resale Convention in Denver, Colo., on Monday, July 13, 2009. Lewis, a prolific Colorado author, started a trend in Christian ...

Why can't we all be a little more like the Amish? This question lies at the heart of the Amish romance novels, churned out now with such regularity—and with such -success—that publishers are beginning ...

Calling someone nostalgic is an “affectionate insult at best,” Svetlana Boym has written, and few people appreciate the affection. Although the term has shed its medical connotations—it was first used ...

Bonnet rippers," " 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for church ladies," "evangelical erotica" ... Freelance writer Valerie Weaver-Zercher has read 40 to 50 of those popular Amish romance novels. And despite the ...

With mommy porn bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey whipping up a sadomasochistic storm in the female book market this summer, it might seem safe to assume that old-fashioned romance novels, in which the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Read the main article, Valerie Weaver-Zercher's review of Williams's book. David Williams is the author of When the English Fall, a novel that portrays the relationships between an Amish community and ...

On a chilly morning this past January, the writer Lucinda J. Kinsinger strapped her baby daughter into her car seat and drove two-plus hours from her home in rural Oakland, Maryland, to Waynesboro, ...

Many Old Order Amish read books and newspapers. If you don’t spend your time watching the world fall apart on the internet or TV, you have more time to read printed matter. Every Old Order family owns ...

DENVER—The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as Christian ...

DENVER - The Christian book business, optimistic that a little literary escapism might be an antidote for readers in hard times, is turning to bonnets, buggies and bloodsuckers. Even as Christian ...