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Abilene Christian University Press, also known as ACU Press, is an
Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis ...
-based university press that is connected with
Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Churches of Christ, Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Sout ...
. Since being formed it has released or acquired 456 titles and the press releases, on average, thirty-six titles per year. The press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. The press publishes works in the areas of "Christianity and Literature;
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Higher Education; History and Theology of the Stone-Campbell Movement; Texas History and Culture." Leafwood Publishers is an imprint of ACU Press.


Notable authors

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C. Leonard Allen C. Leonard Allen is the Dean of Bible at Lipscomb University. Professor Leonard Allen has taught at several schools, including Fuller Theological Seminary, Biola University, and John Brown University. He was a professor of Christian Studies at Abi ...
* James Burton Coffman *
Everett Ferguson Everett Ferguson (born February 18, 1933) currently serves as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.Douglas A. Foster *
Gary Holloway Gary Holloway is the executive director of the World Convention of Churches of Christ. Life Gary Holloway ministered witHolland Street Church of Christin San Marcos, Texas. He then taught at Austin Graduate School of Theology in Austin, Texas, fol ...
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Larry M. James Larry M. James (born 1950) is an American social worker and the current President and CEO of CitySquare located in Dallas, Texas. Life James was born in Spokane, Washington and grew up in Richardson, Texas, where his father served as the city s ...
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Walt McDonald Walter Robert McDonald (born July 18, 1934, died January 22, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas) was an American poet and former professor. He served as Poet Laureate of Texas in 2001. In May 2002, he retired from Texas Tech University as "Paul Whitfiel ...
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Michael A. O'Donnell Michael A. O'Donnell (born June 17, 1956, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American writer and researcher and co-principal investigator of the Adolescent Wellness Research Project, jointly with University of Alabama family strengths scholar Nick ...
* Rick Ostrander *
Jerry Pattengale Jerry A. Pattengale (born 1958) is a faculty member and administrator at Indiana Wesleyan University. He coined and founded the approach of “ purpose-guided education” in 1997 while leading the implementation of student success programs at In ...
* Rubel Shelly * Darryl Tippens * Jeanne Murray Walker


See also

* Association of American University Presses * List of English language book publishers * Academic publishing


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Abilene Christian University Press
{{Abilene Christian University Book publishing companies based in Texas Press
Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Churches of Christ, Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Sout ...
Christian publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1984 1984 establishments in Texas