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 Wilbur Awards, most recently for a 2017 article in the

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about

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, spiritual adviser to then-president

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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. Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon, the college was relocated to Portland in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & C ...

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 School for Ministry (TSM), formerly known as Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, is an Anglican seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is generally associated with low church, evangelical Anglicanism. History In the mid 1970s, several ...

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

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...

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

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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 land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for c ...

. 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

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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

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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 the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to written media, such as books and magazines, either as an ebook or as a physical copy using POD (pri ...

): * ''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

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