What is Christian Publishing?

In Relief‘s current issue (V4 I1), Christopher Fisher debuts his first issue as editor by taking on where Relief – a journal of Christian literary expression – “fits in the scheme of contemporary publishing.” And, he writes, “I think of singing and razor wire.” Fisher discusses what Christian publishing has become, and how he recognizes the purely business aspect of the demarcation of what is Christian publishing, but also the perils of such segregation, the “ghettoization of religion.” His editorial, available in full online, is an insightful and provacative commentary on the subject matter. If you’ve been dismissive of “Christian” or religious lit mags in this past, this may well get you to reconsider.