HarperOne The most important books across the full spectrum of religion, spirituality, and personal growth, adding to the wealth of the world’s wisdom by stirring the waters of reflection on the primary questions of life while respecting all traditions. www.harperone.com Contents Fall 2008 September. 3 October. 12 November. 24 December. 32 C. S. Lewis Repackages . 34 The Alchemist Backlist. .36 Holiday Stocking Stuffers. 38 HarperOne Top Sellers. .41 Index. .42 Subsidiary Rights. 43 Order Information. .44 HarperCollins on the Web. .45 Speakers Bureau. 46 Religion’s VITAL ROLE Why Faith Matters National GOD AND THE NEW ATHEISM Bestselling Author David J. Wolpe A prominent rabbi blends the powerful personal story of his faith struggles during a fight to defeat cancer with a poignant response to the new atheists Judging by today’s bestseller lists, you’d think that religion is either irrational or extreme. What’s missing between the atheists and the fanatics is a genuine debate; some- one to point out that religion does have value in the modern world. Why Faith Matters is just such an articu- late, nondenominational defense of established religion in America. Rabbi Wolpe presents the case for religion and proposes solutions toward engaging religion in discussions MARKETING CAMPAIGN of modernity. By refuting the cold reason of the athe- • National Broadcast and Print ists with a vision of religion informed by faith, love, and Media Campaign • Print Advertising in the New York understanding, Wolpe follows in a literary tradition that Times Book Review, Utne Reader, stretches from Cardinal Newman to C. S. Lewis to Thomas Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly Merton—all individuals of faith who brought religion and • National Review Attention culture together in their own works. • 15-City NPR Campaign Wolpe takes readers through the origins and nature of • Author Appearances in Los Angeles • Online Campaign with Beliefnet religion; popular misunderstandings of the relationship between religion, violence, and progress; the place of the Bible in modern life; and the compatibility of religion and HARDCOVER science. He concludes with a powerful argument against RELIGION calls for the end of religion. 978-0-06-163334-8 $24.95 ($26.95 Can.) 256 PAGES; 51 x 82 David J. Wolpe is a senior rabbi at the CARTON QUANTITY: 40 Sinai Temple of Los Angeles, and a teacher SELLING TERRITORY: USCOM at UCLA. Rabbi Wolpe writes for many pub- lications, including New York Jewish Week, the ALSO BY DavID J. WOLPE: Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Times, and many Teaching Your Children About God © Cliff Kramer other leading media outlets. Rabbi Wolpe 978-0-06-097647-7 (pb) has appeared as a commentator on CNN and CBS This Morning. He is the author of six previous books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. Rabbi Wolpe lives in Los Angeles. T H O E T I N P D E M X U J 3 SEPTEMBER n HarperOne LEADING CATHOLIC HISTORIAN The Church THE EVOluTION OF CATHOLICISM Richard P. McBrien A sweeping history of the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church’s influence and power in a changing world by the ABC News Vatican expert Where did the idea of the Pope’s infallibility come from? Why are priests celibate and women barred from the priesthood? What inspired the Inquisition? What was the position of the Catholic Church on Hitler’s policies in World War II, and what is its current relationship to Islam? Will Pope Benedict XVI entrench the Church in tradition, or will the growth of the Church in South America, Africa, MARKETING CAMPAIGN and Asia shape its future? • National Broadcast and Print Renowned scholar Richard McBrien answers these Media Campaign questions by helping the reader understand the history of • National Print Advertising in America, St. Anthony Messenger, National how the Catholic Church views itself, its leadership, and Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic its relationship to national governments and world reli- • 15-City NPR Campaign gions. From Jesus’s apostle Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, • National Review Attention The Church explains in layman’s terms the evolution of the • Academic Marketing Roman Catholic Church, its power, its scope, its theology, • Online Campaign its influence, and its leadership. HARDCOVER Richard P. McBrien is the Crowley-O’Brien-Walter RELIGION Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. A lead- 978-0-06-124521-3 ing authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of $29.95 ($31.95 Can.) Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as 528 PAGES; 6 x 9 the general editor of the Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Currently a CARTON QUANTITY: 12 consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary SELLING TERRITORY: W on all the major television networks. McBrien is also a prize- winning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press. ALSO BY RICHARD P. MCBRIEN: Catholicism 978-0-06-065405-4 (pb) The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism 978-0-06-065338-5 (pb) Lives of the Popes 978-0-06-087807-8 (pb) Lives of the Saints 978-0-06-123283-1 (pb) T H O E T I N P D E M X U J 4 SEPTEMBER n HarperOne THE Inquisition’s LEGACY The Grand National Inquisitor’s Manual Bestselling Author A HISTOry OF TErrOR IN THE NAME OF GOD Jonathan Kirsch A provocative popular history of the Inquisition and the ways in which it has served as the chief model for torture in the West to this day The 12th century gave birth to a sinister brand of sanc- tioned terror, an international network of secret police and courts whose sworn duty was to search out anyone and everyone regarded as an enemy. The agents of the Inquisition were deputized by the church or state, and MARKETING CAMPAIGN their worst excesses were excused as the pardonable sins • National Broadcast and Print of soldiers engaged in the war against heresy—a rational- Media Campaign ization used by every despot since the inception of these • Print Advertising in Los Angeles Times blueprints for authorized terror. • NPR Sponsorship Campaign The Inquisition has been draped in myth and mystery • 15-City NPR Campaign • National Review Attention throughout its 600 years of its active operations. But when • Author appearances in Los Angeles we pull aside the veil, what we see are the original blue- • Online Promotion Including prints for the machinery of persecution that was invented Advertising on HistoryChannel.com in the High Middle Ages and applied to human flesh ever • Official Author Website: since. www.jonathankirsch.com HARDCOVER Jonathan Kirsch is the author of ten RELIGION/HISTORY books, including the national bestseller The 978-0-06-081699-5 Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales $26.95 ($28.95 Can.) of the Bible, and his most recent work, the 304 PAGES; 6 x 9 Los Angeles Times bestseller A History of the 8-Page Color Insert © Marilyn Sanders End of the World. Kirsch is a member of the CARTON QUANTITY: 28 National Book Critics Circle and a three-time past president of SELLING TERRITORY: W PEN Center USA West. He lives in Los Angeles. ALSO BY JONATHAN KIRSCH: A History of the End of the World Praise for A History of the End of the World: 978-0-06-134987-4 Jonathan Kirsch is a fine storyteller with a flair for rendering T H ancient tales relevant and appealing to modern audiences. O E T I N P D E —WASHINGTON POST M X U J 5 SEPTEMBER n HarperOne W H AT K A bb ALAH IS TO JU D AIS M , SUFISM IS TO ISLAM The Garden of Truth THE VISION AND Promise OF SUFISM, ISLam’s MySTICAL TRADITION Seyyed Hossein Nasr An exploration of the little-known third type of Islam by one of the world’s most respected Muslim intellectuals The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but Sufism is the poetry and romance of the world’s fastest- growing religion. This mystical movement from the early ninth century rejects worship motivated by the desire for heavenly reward or the fear of punishment, insisting rather on the love of God as the sole valid form of adoration. MARKETING CAMPAIGN Sufism has made significant contributions to Islamic civi- • National Advertising in the lization—for instance, the Sufi poet Rumi is the bestselling Chronicle of Higher Education poet in America. But in recent centuries Sufism has been a • Academic Marketing target for conservative Islamic movements. Nasr, the pre- eminent Sufi scholar in the United States, here presents PAPERBACK the beliefs and vision of the mystical heart of Islam, along RELIGION with a history of Sufi saints and schools of thought. 978-0-06-162599-2 $14.95 ($16.25 Can.) 272 PAGES; 5a x 8 Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world’s lead- CARTON QUANTITY: 72 ing experts on Islamic science and spirituality, is University SELLING TERRITORY: W Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. PUBLISHING HISTORY: He is the author of more than 50 other books, including Heart HARPERSANFrancisco of Islam and Islam. He has been a guest expert on many national 978-0-06-079722-5 (hc) news shows and is a well-known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. Born in Tehran, ALSO BY SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR: raised in the United States, and a graduate of MIT and Harvard, The Heart of Islam Nasr is well placed to explain Islam to a Western audience. 978-0-06-073064-2 (pb) He lives in Washington, DC. Islam 978-0-06-050714-5 (pb) The poetry Despite the popularity of Sufism, few books provide an and romance of the world’s overview of this mystical branch of Islam—a void fastest-growing Nasr fills nicely .