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Julia Duin

Julia Duin is an American journalist and author who is Newsweek's religion correspondent.[1] She has written seven books and was the religion editor for The Washington Times for 14 years.[1][2] She has received three Wilbur Awards, most recently for a 2017 article in the Washington Post Magazine about Paula White, spiritual adviser to then-president Donald Trump.[3]

Julia Duin
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLewis & Clark College
Trinity School for Ministry
University of Memphis
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
Websitewww.juliaduin.com

Biography

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Duin was born in Baltimore and moved to Hawaii with her family at the age of six weeks.[4] She attended high school in Seattle,[5] where she began writing magazine articles.[4]

Duin graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1978, where she received her bachelor's degree in English. In 1992, she received her first master's degree, in religion, from Trinity School for Ministry, and in 2014 she received a second master's degree, in journalism, from the University of Memphis.[4] For the 2014/15 academic year, she relocated to Alaska and occupied the Snedden Chair in the journalism department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.[6]

Duin's 2013 report for the Wall Street Journal on snake handlers.[7][8] Her 2009 book, Days of Fire and Glory, tells the story of Graham Pulkingham and the Church of the Redeemer in Houston, Texas.[2][9] Her first individual Wilbur Award was for a 2014 article in More about Nadia Bolz-Webber.[10] Currently,[when?] she is working on The Kurdish Princess, a book about Kurdish people targeted at young adults.[11]

Duin is fluent in French, has conversational speaking ability in Spanish and German, and "speaks portions of Kurdish, Arabic, Russian and Italian."[4] She has a daughter, who was born in Kazakhstan and adopted.[4] She currently lives in Seattle.[5]

Awards

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  • 2018 Wilbur Award (Magazines National or Top 15 Markets) - "'She led Trump to Christ: The rise of the televangelist who advises the White House", Washington Post Magazine.[3][12]
  • 2018 Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award.[13][14]
  • 2015 Wilbur Award (Magazines National or Top 15 Markets) - "From Rebel to Reverend", More Magazine.[10][15]
  • 2002 Wilbur Award (Newspapers, Major Markets) - "Pulpits in Peril: The Future of America's Clergy", Washington Times (co-written with Larry Witham).[16]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Finding Joy: A Mongolian Woman's Journey to Christ (2022), ASIN B0B79QQQT4
  • In the House of the Serpent Handler (2017); University of Tennessee Press;ISBN 9781621903758
  • Days of Fire and Glory (2009); Crossland Press; ISBN 9780979027970
  • Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do about It (2009); Baker Books; ISBN 9780801072277
  • Knights, Maidens and Dragons: Six medieval tales of virtue and valor (2004); Xlibris (self-published): ISBN 9781413433715
  • Purity Makes the Heart Grow Stronger: Sexuality and the Single Christian (1988); Servant Publications; ISBN 9780892833733
  • Wholly Single (1988); Shaw (Harold) Publishers; ISBN 9780877889458

Articles

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Interviews

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About Julia". Julia Duin. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Days of Fire and Glory". Crossland Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "2018 Wilbur Awards" (PDF). Religion Communications Council. 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Biography". Julia Duin. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Julia Duin". GetReligion. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Department of Communication and Journalism - College of Liberal Arts - University of Alaska Fairbanks | Department of Communication and Journalism".
  7. ^ Shanna Perkins, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (6 June 2013). "How Julia Duin wowed readers about snake-handlers | Southeast Journalism Conference". Sejc.org. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Julia Duin". Gaithersburg Book Festival. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. ^ Nancy Haught, The Oregonian (14 April 2011). "Writer Julia Duin traces rise and fall of Graham Pulkingham and Houston's Episcopal Church of the Redeemer". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. ^ a b "2015 Wilbur Awards" (PDF). Religion Communications Council. 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Duin Joins COM Faculty". Communication Arts. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  12. ^ Duin, Julia (14 November 2017). "She led Trump to Christ: The rise of the televangelist who advises the White House". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  13. ^ Key, Jessica (4 January 2018). "Q&A with Julia Duin, Alumni Award Recipient". Iceland Writers Retreat. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  14. ^ Key, Jessica (9 August 2018). "Curated Experiences: IWR Alumni Winner Julia Duin's Story". Iceland Writers Retreat. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  15. ^ "CBS leads list of 2015 Wilbur Award winners | Religion Communicators Council". Religioncommunicators.org. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  16. ^ "2002 Wilbur Awards" (PDF). Religion Communications Council. 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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