Other Sheler Books...

Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America
Viking Adult (2006)

Believers is a chronicle of Sheler's journalistic expedition deep into the American evangelical subculture - a journey that aims to make sense of the often disparate images of evangelicals that have emerged in the public mind during the past 20 years. The book takes readers to the places where today's evangelicals live, work, and worship, to meet them firsthand and discover how their unique brand of Christian faith shapes their lives and how they, in turn, are shaping and being shaped by their communities and the wider culture around them.

Through poignant personal stories presented in a compelling narrative style, Sheler - longtime religion editor for U.S. News & World Report - paints a full-blooded portrait of a people of faith who believe in the power of the gospel to transform lives and of their pursuit of a vision for a just and righteous America.

What others are saying about BELIEVERS
"Jeffery L. Sheler portrays American evangelicals as they really are, not as their political spokesmen-or, for that matter, their secular critics-imagine them to be. Join him on his journey through the heartland of American Christianity."
-- Alan Wolfe, author of The Transformation of American Religion

"America's sixty million Evangelical Christians have too often been lumped together and stereotyped by reporters who have failed to do their homework. At last, a book by a thoughtful religion reporter that offers readers a fair and compelling portrait of the Christians in our midst-Believers who often find themselves on the front lines of America's culture wars."
-- Peggy Wehmeyer, former religion correspondent, ABC News

Is the Bible True? How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm the Essence of the Scriptures
Harper San Francisco/Zondervan (1999)

Named one of the top ten religion books of the year 2000 by Christianity Today. In this lucid, insightful work, Sheler sifts through the claims and counterclaims of contemporary biblical studies. After carefully investigating the full spectrum of cutting-edge research, he concludes that the weight of the historical evidence upholds the essential truth of the Exodus, the Gospel accounts of Jesus, and other vital elements of the Bible.

What others are saying about IS THE BIBLE TRUE?

"Drawing on his own scholarship and years of vigorous and substantive religious journalism, Jeffery Sheler tackles one of the most complex questions of all: the truth of the Bible. Shedding the burden of a reporter's neutrality, Sheler argues strongly that along with its essential theological message, the Bible is historically credible. Informed, fair, and engaging, this book makes stimulating reading for anyone interested in the Bible." -- Donald Senior, professor of New Testament, Catholic Theological Union

"Jeffery Sheler does not want the Bible's profound and enduring message to be obscured by the bewildering assortment of proposed 'codes,' 'quests,' and 'findings' that get so much publicity these days. Combining ajournalist's eye for important themes with a clear grasp of recent scholarship--and a solid faith in the Bible's primary Author--he is a sensible and trustworthy guide through a territory in which it is very easy to lose our way." -- Richard J. Mouw, president and professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary

"Jeffery Sheler, well-known religion journalist for U.S. News & World Report, has written an important book which will not please either the ultra-fundamentalists or the liberals with their hair on fire, for it insists on the one hand that the Bible must be critically assessed and on the other hand that it has considerable historical substance and makes various historical claims that are credible when checked against other historical and archaeological data. Precisely because it takes this middle road, and takes the historical questions very seriously, this book is to be highly commended. In an age where many have thought that historical questions are passe and that the Bible should simply be evaluated as literature, Sheler dares to remind us that even the literary dimensions of the Bible must be viewed in an historical perspective. For those who want to think critically and carefully about the Bible and historical issues, and not merely parrot the dictums of the extremists, this book is a must for you." -- Dr. Ben Witherington, III, Asbury Theological Seminary, author of The Jesus Quest

"Sheler's book is a well-balanced account of the abundant evidence available today, direct and indirect, that sheds light on the historical claims of the Bible and the faith it commends. Neither fundamentalistic nor radical in its approach, it reports well on controversies (biblical archaeology, the Jesus Seminar, Bible Codes) and shows how even they bear on the essential truth of the Bible." -- Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., professor emeritus, biblical studies, Catholic University of America