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 ''
The Washington Times'' for 14 years.
She has received three
Wilbur Awards
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, most recently for a 2017 article in the
Washington Post Magazine about
Paula White, spiritual adviser to then-president
Donald Trump.
Biography
Duin was born in
Baltimore
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and moved to
Hawaii with her family at the age of six weeks.
She attended high school in
Seattle,
where she began writing magazine articles.
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.
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.
Duin's 2013 report for the
Wall Street Journal on
snake handlers.
Her 2009 book, ''Days of Fire and Glory'', tells the story of
Graham Pulkingham and the
Church of the Redeemer in
Houston, Texas.
Her first individual
Wilbur Award was for a 2014 article in
More 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 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",
Washington Post Magazine.
* 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",
Washington Times (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):
* ''Purity Makes the Heart Grow Stronger: Sexuality and the Single Christian'' (1988); Servant Publications;
* ''Wholly Single'' (1988); Shaw (Harold) Publishers;
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References
External links
Personal websiteGet Religion - Julia Duin
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Living people
American women journalists
American Christian writers
Christian bloggers
University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty
21st-century American women writers
American women bloggers
American bloggers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women academics
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American women non-fiction writers
Lewis & Clark College alumni
Trinity School for Ministry alumni
University of Memphis alumni
The Washington Times people
Newsweek people