Julia Duin is an American journalist and author who is Newsweek's religion correspondent. She has written seven books and was the religion editor for ''

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'' for 14 years. She has received three

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, most recently for a 2017 article in the

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Biography

Duin was born in

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and moved to

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with her family at the age of six weeks. She attended high school in

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, where she began writing magazine articles. Duin graduated from

Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1867 and is situated on the historic M. Lloyd Frank Estate in South Portland's Collins View neighborhood. It is composed of three distinct but adjac ...

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 Trinity Anglican Seminary, formerly known as Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, is an Anglican seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is generally associated with evangelical Anglicanism. History In the mid 1970s, several prominent evangeli ...

, and in 2014 she received a second master's degree, in journalism, from the

University of Memphis The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students. The university maintains the Herff Col ...

. For the 2014/15 academic year, she relocated to

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

and occupied the Snedden Chair in the journalism department at the

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-, National Sea Grant College Program, sea-, and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, space-grant research university in ...

. Duin's 2013 report for the

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on snake handlers. Her 2009 book, ''Days of Fire and Glory'', tells the story of Graham Pulkingham and the Church of the Redeemer in

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, Texas. Her first individual Wilbur Award was for a 2014 article in

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about Nadia Bolz-Webber. Currently, she is working on ''The Kurdish Princess,'' a book about Kurdish people targeted at young adults. Duin is fluent in French, has conversational speaking ability in Spanish and German, and "speaks portions of Kurdish, Arabic, Russian and Italian." She has a daughter, who was born in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

and adopted. She currently lives in Seattle.

Awards

* 2018 Wilbur Award (Magazines National or Top 15 Markets) - "'She led Trump to Christ: The rise of the televangelist who advises the White House",

. * 2018 Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award. * 2015 Wilbur Award (Magazines National or Top 15 Markets) - "From Rebel to Reverend", More Magazine. * 2002 Wilbur Award (Newspapers, Major Markets) - "Pulpits in Peril: The Future of America's Clergy",

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(co-written with Larry Witham).

Selected works

Books

* ''Finding Joy: A Mongolian Woman's Journey to Christ'' (2022), * ''In the House of the Serpent Handler'' (2017); University of Tennessee Press; * ''Days of Fire and Glory'' (2009); Crossland Press; * ''Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do about It'' (2009); Baker Books; * ''Knights, Maidens and Dragons: Six medieval tales of virtue and valor'' (2004); Xlibris (

self-published Self-publishing is an author-driven publication of any media without the involvement of a third-party publisher. Since the advent of the internet, self-published usually depends upon digital platforms and print-on-demand technology, ranging fr ...

): * ''Purity Makes the Heart Grow Stronger: Sexuality and the Single Christian'' (1988); Servant Publications; * ''Wholly Single'' (1988); Shaw (Harold) Publishers;

Articles

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Interviews

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References

External links

Personal website

Get Religion - Julia Duin
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