William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Co Info, John Garratt Publishing, Koorong, Reformers Bookshop (Australia) Parasource Marketing & Distribution (Canada) Tien Dao Publishing House (Hong Kong) Kyo Bun Kwan Inc. (Japan) KCBS (Korea) Christian Book Discounters (South Africa) • Publications — Books, audiobooks, e-Books • Topics — Theology, Biblical studies, world religions, ethics, philosophy, history, biography, memoir • Imprints — Eerdmans (@eerdmansbooks), Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (@EBYRbooks) • Url — https: www.eerdmans.com/ William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1911 by Dutch American William B. Eerdmans and still independently owned with William's daughter-in-law Anita Eerdmans as president, Eerdmans has long been known for publishing a wide range of Christian and religious books, from academic works in Christian theology, biblical studies, religious history, and reference to popular titles in spirituality, social and cultural criticism, and literature.
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Co Info, John Garratt Publishing, Koorong, Reformers Bookshop (Australia) Parasource Marketing & Distribution (Canada) Tien Dao Publishing House (Hong Kong) Kyo Bun Kwan Inc. (Japan) KCBS (Korea) Christian Book Discounters (South Africa) • Publications — Books, audiobooks, e-Books • Topics — Theology, Biblical studies, world religions, ethics, philosophy, history, biography, memoir • Imprints — Eerdmans (@eerdmansbooks), Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (@EBYRbooks) • Url — https: www.eerdmans.com/ William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1911 by Dutch American William B. Eerdmans and still independently owned with William's daughter-in-law Anita Eerdmans as president, Eerdmans has long been known for publishing a wide range of Christian and religious books, from academic works in Christian theology, biblical studies, religious history, and reference to popular titles in spirituality, social and cultural criticism, and literature.
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• Founded — 1911 • Founder — William B. Eerdmans • Country — United States • Headquarters — Grand Rapids, Michigan • Distribution — Self-distributed (US) Alban Books (UK)
William B. Eerdmans
William B. Eerdmans
William B. Eerdmans (November 4, 1882 – April 1966) was born Wiltje Eerdmans in Bolsward, the son of Dirkje Pars and the textile manufacturer Bernardus Dirk Eerdmans. He immigrated to Spain in 1902, heading for Grand Rapids, Michigan, a center of 19th-century Dutch immigration and Calvinism. In 1911 with his partner, Brant Sevensma, Eerdmans formed the Eerdmans–Sevensma book dealership, specializing in theological textbooks. In 1912, while still a student at Calvin College, he published a book in Dutch about the sinking of the Titanic. In 1915, Sevensma left, and Eerdmans continued as sole owner of the renamed William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Over his career Eerdmans published books by authors including C. S. Lewis, Karl Barth, Richard J. Neuhaus, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Richard Mouw, Martin Marty, Rowan Williams, Joan Chittister, Dorothy Day, Mark Noll and many others. After his death in 1966, he was succeeded by his son, William B. Eerdmans Jr.
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers began in 1995 as an imprint of William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, and was founded by Amy Eerdmans, daughter of William B. Eerdmans, Jr. specializing in fiction and non-fiction for younger readers, from babies to young adults.
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- Count it all Joy. By William Stringfellow. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1967. Pp. 101. $3.00, Scottish Journal of Theology, 1968
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1968
- Eerdmans' Handbook to the History of Christianity. Edited by Tim Dowley. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977. xxiv + 656 pp. $19.95, Church History, 1980
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1980
- Sister Prudence Allen, R.S.M. The Concept of Woman: a Synthesis in One Volume [Koncepcja kobiety: synteza w jednym tomie]. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024, 451 pages, Philosophy and Canon Law, 2024
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- The Anabaptist Story. By William R. Estep. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1975. xii + 250 pp. $3.95, Church History, 1975
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1975
- William A.Norgren, Faith and Order in the U.S.A, Grand Rapids, MI, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011, 97pp, The Ecumenical Review, 2012
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2012
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