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The Christian Writer's Manual of Style: Updated and Expanded Edition

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If you're even reading this, you probably felt the need for a Christian style guide. If that describes you, save your time, ignore the rest of my review, and click the "Buy Now" button :)

But if you're still unconvinced...

This style manual covers every imaginable style-related issue, particularly for religious writing; basically just about style-related issue you'll encounter as a Christian writer, whether you're writing about Internet technology and how it relates to eschatology, or a critique of Islam from a Christian perspective.

And it doesn't just cover the religious issues; the standard style issues like punctuation, capitalization, acronyms, etc. are covered in good detail. It even has a section on British English.

This is probably the most current and exhaustive style manual for Christian writers around, and every serious Christian writer concerned about style and consistency should get one.

I seldom give 5 stars, but this one deserves it.

"The Christian Writer's Manual of Style" provides the most exhaustive coverage of the special writing problems in the area of Christian publications that I have ever seen. This is easily the best book available on the subject of Christian writing style. Examples of the items covered here that are unlikely to be covered anywhere else include abbreviations for Bible books including apocryphal writings, the difference between sacred writings and the bible, should the use of the word "biblical" be capitalized or not, the difference between the Anglican Church and the Church of England, Bible permissions for quoting different versions and where to write for permissions, biblical and religious terms, clerical titles, forms of Christian books, Islamic terminology, Jewish terminology, and religious jargon.

In addition to this specialized information it also includes the stuff you would expect in any manual of style including commonly misspelled words, syntax rules, punctuation, proofreading, etc. Of course in any book of this depth some items are bound to become outdated quickly. For example, there are a couple of references to Word Publishing as a division of Thomas Nelson Publishing. Word Publishing no longer exists. Still this is the only outdated information I found in the entire book, which is pretty amazing. "The Christian Writer's Manual of Style" is a highly recommended read for anyone writing for the Christian market, and especially if you are writing non-fiction.

This book addresses all the little questions a writer has in that moment of not being sure about grammar, sentence construction, but so much more. It could have been titled, "The Christian Writer's Second Best Friend". I keep it beside my computer next to my Dictionary and Thesaurus.

I enjoyed reading this book for writing and editing projects in the Christian literature. There were some terms that I was well-informed, insightful, and resourceful. It is better than the 1986 version (did not like this one at all). I am glad they improved this version.

This will be used for my literary firm while editing projects as well as the Manual of Style by Kate Turabian (University of Chicago Press).

This is a wonderful resource!! I have used it so many times, the dog ears have double dog ears! This book can turn your writing into a professional looking piece of material that will help you sell it much faster than trying to proof read your work yourself. Spell check can't even come close to doing the job this book can do for you.

Every writer has to have some resource books to help with the craft. My daughter was recommended to get this book and she loves it. It should be on the desk of every christian writer! It also came quickly and was in great shape!

I lead the communications team at my church, this is an awesome book to hand to new "writers". A wonderful guide to create uniformity with all your writers! It covers a lot of things a standard writer's guide would not.

This book is a Christian AP Stylebook, basically. If you've wondered what NKJV or MSG stand for, this is the book you need. If you've wondered how to properly quote the Bible in what you write, you need this book.

Have a question about grammar or style as your compose your manuscript? Curious about what goes into proofreading your manuscript from an editor's point of view? This and so much more is at your fingertips. Check out the table of contents, and you will see what I mean....
Another handy reference to take you from a blank page to a published work of art!

This will be wonderful to refer to in my writing. I'm glad for the great examples in the book.