{"id":974,"date":"2016-02-11T18:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/11\/nix-and-turner-contribute-to-encyclopedia\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:19:24","slug":"nix-and-turner-contribute-to-encyclopedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/nix-and-turner-contribute-to-encyclopedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nix and Turner contribute to encyclopedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Encyclopedia-Cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5125 lazyload\" title=\"Encyclopedia-Cover\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Encyclopedia-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"294\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 201px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 201\/294;\" \/><\/a>Furman University religion professors Echol Nix, Jr. and Helen Lee Turner have contributed to a two-volume encyclopedia that covers major controversial leaders, events, ideas, institutions, groups, books and a variety of topics in American religious life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States<\/em>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition (2013) is edited by Bill J. Leonard and Jill Y. Crainshaw, Ph.D., both of Wake Forest University. The encyclopedia is published by ABC-CLIO.<\/p>\n<p>An updated publication, the encyclopedia includes many new entries that reflect 21<sup>st<\/sup> century religious controversies. As a reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone interested in religion, the publication includes bibliographies for each entry that direct readers to additional resources for further study. Also, a section of primary document excerpts gives greater perspective on a number of religious issues.<\/p>\n<p>Nix joined the Furman faculty as a full-time member in 2007. He holds degrees from Morehouse College (B.A.), Vanderbilt (M.Div.) and Boston University (Ph.D.).<\/p>\n<p>This year marks Turner\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup> year as a Furman faculty member. She holds degrees from Wake Forest University (B.A.), Vanderbilt University (M.Div., D.Min.) and University of Virginia (Ph.D.).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <em>Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States<\/em>, follow this <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc-clio.com\/product.aspx?isbn=9781598848670\">link<\/a>, <\/em>or contact Furman\u2019s News and Media Relations office at 864-294-3107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman University religion professors Echol Nix, Jr. and Helen Lee Turner have contributed to a two-volume encyclopedia that covers major controversial leaders, events, ideas, institutions, groups, books and a variety of topics in American religious life.<em> Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States<\/em>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition (2013) is edited by Bill J. Leonard and Jill Y. Crainshaw, Ph.D., both of Wake Forest University. The encyclopedia is published by ABC-CLIO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-religion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}