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Grand Rapids, MI—Secret Faith in the Public Square: An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity (Brazos Press; 978-1-58743-226-2; Sept. 2009) by Jonathan Malesic received an award in ForeWord Magazine’s 2009 Book of the Year Awards. The book, which provocatively argues that concealing Christian identity in American public life is the best way to maintain faithful witness and integrity, was awarded gold in the Religion category. Jonathan Malesic is assistant professor of theology at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He has written several essays for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
ForeWord Magazine characterizes itself as a publication that “reviews good books independently published.” Each year, ForeWord chooses titles from hundreds of submissions that “expand a reader’s world, introduce a voice society needs to hear, offer practical knowledge where none existed before or simply entertain so compellingly that all distractions fall away as the reader turns the next page.” For more information regarding ForeWord’s Book of the Year Awards including a comprehensive list of award-winners, please visit http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/
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