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{{short description|University press}}
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| headquarters = [[Waco, Texas]]
| distribution = [[University of North Carolina Press|Longleaf Services]] (USA)<br>[[University of Toronto Press]] (Canada)<br>EUROSPAN (International)<ref name=distribution>{{cite web |title=Ordering & Distribution |url=https://www.baylorpress.com/resources/booksellers/ordering-distribution/ |publisher=Baylor University Press |access-date=February 25, 2023}}</ref>
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'''Baylor University Press''' is a [[university press]] affiliated with [[Baylor University]], which is located in [[Waco, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Baylor University Press |url=https://www.baylorpress.com/ |publisher=[[Baylor University]] |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref> The press releases books largely about religion and theology; it also publishes works about social criticism, sociology, literary criticism, and popular culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publishersarchive.com/publisher/10839|title=Baylor University Press|publisher=Publishers Archive|accessdate=February 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Karen |date=June 18, 2013 |title=Carey Newman: How to Rescue a University Press |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/religion/article/57852-carey-newman-how-to-rescue-a-university-press.html
Baylor University Press is currently a member of both the [[Association of University Presses]],<ref name="AUP Membership">{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref> and the [[Association of American Publishers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publishers.org/who-we-are/our-members/?alph=B|title=Our Members {{!}} B |date=26 September 2019 |accessdate=February 22, 2023|publisher=[[Association of American Publishers]]}}</ref> In {{As of|2002|May|bare=yes}}, it reportedly published around five books annually.<ref name=":0" /> == History ==
While an older "Baylor University Press" was established in 1897 (making it one of the first university presses to be established in the United States);<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clement |first=Richard W. |date=2011 |title=Library and University Press Integration: A New Vision for University Publishing |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01930826.2011.589330 |journal=Journal of Library Administration |language=en |volume=51 |issue=5–6 |pages=507–528 |doi=10.1080/01930826.2011.589330 |s2cid=143726027 |issn=0193-0826}}</ref><ref name="tebbel">{{cite book|title=A History of Book Publishing in the United States|volume=2|publisher=R. R. Bowker Co.|location=[[New York City, NY]]|isbn=9780835204897|date=1975|chapter=The Rise of the University Press|pages=535–539|author1=Tebbel, John}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Lane |first=Robert Frederick |date=1939 |title=The Place of American University Presses in Publishing |type=PhD dissertation |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |page=21}}</ref> this iteration of the press, operated by Baylor students, published original research by faculty,<ref>E.g., {{cite journal |last1=Strecker |first1=John K. |date=1915 |title=Reptiles and Amphibians of Texas |url=https://archive.org/details/reptilesamphibia00stre/page/n5/mode/2up |journal=Baylor Bulletin |volume=18 |issue=4 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |via=[[The Internet Archive]]}}</ref> [[Textbook|textbooks]],<ref>E.g., {{cite book |last1=Dow |first1=Grove Samuel |title=Introduction to the Principles of Sociology: A Text Book for Colleges and Universities |date=1920 |publisher=Baylor University Press |location=[[Waco, Texas]] |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontopr00dowguoft/page/n3/mode/2up |access-date=February 25, 2023|via=[[The Internet Archive]]}}</ref> and [[Monograph|monographs]],<ref>E.g., {{cite book |last1=Tidwell |first1=J. B. |title=Genesis: A Study of the Plan of Redemption |date=1924 |publisher=Baylor University Press |location=[[Waco, Texas]] |url=https://archive.org/details/genesisstudyofpl00tidw/page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=February 25, 2023|via=[[The Internet Archive]]}}</ref> as well as periodicals like the ''Baylor Bulletin'' (a bimonthly magazine that served as the "official organ" of the university), the ''Lariat'' (a weekly [[Student publication|university newspaper]]), and the ''Round-Up'' (an annual).<ref>{{Cite journal |volume=25|issue=3|author=Baylor University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZvOAAAAMAAJ |title=Annual Catalogue of Baylor University at Waco, Texas|journal=Baylor Bulletin|year=1922 |pages=33{{en dash}}34 |access-date=February 25, 2023|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
=== Controversy ===
▲While an older "Baylor University Press" was established in 1897,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clement |first=Richard W. |date=2011 |title=Library and University Press Integration: A New Vision for University Publishing |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01930826.2011.589330 |journal=Journal of Library Administration |language=en |volume=51 |issue=5-6 |pages=507–528 |doi=10.1080/01930826.2011.589330 |issn=0193-0826}}</ref><ref name="tebbel">{{cite book|title=A History of Book Publishing in the United States|volume=2|publisher=R. R. Bowker Co.|location=[[New York City, NY]]|isbn=9780835204897|date=1975|chapter=The Rise of the University Press|pages=535-539|author=Tebbel, John}}</ref> the modern iteration of the press was founded in 1955 as a faculty committee that released books intermittently. The press instituted a more "intentional program" of publishing in the 1980s before beginning to expand in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Gaart |first=Brian |date=May 7, 2002 |title=Slow Book Sales Taking Toll on Baylor University Press {{en dash}} School Cutting Back on Number Of Copies Printed |work=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/login?destination=document-view%3Fp%3DWORLDNEWS%26docref%3Dnews/105E497CC97F9D97 |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> The following year, it joined the [[Texas A&M University Press]]'s Texas Book Consortium program (although it is not presently a member).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Texas Book Consortium |url=https://www.tamupress.com/consortium/stephen-f-austin-state-university-press/ |accessdate=February 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]]}}</ref> In {{As of|2002|May|bare=yes}}, it reportedly published around five books annually.<ref name=":0" />
In 2006, Baylor University Press drew attention for cancelling the publication of a book (initially titled ''Baylor Beyond the Crossroads: An Interpretive History, 1985-2005'') that focused on former president of Baylor, [[Robert B. Sloan]], and his controversial "Baylor 2012" project.<ref name="waco1">{{cite news |author=Woods, Tim |year=2006 |title=Book about Baylor University, if Published, Could Cause Old Wounds to Surface |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/115F57BB1362F3A0 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 25, 2023}}</ref> According to Baylor University Press, the book was dropped because it "did not survive external peer review", but other sources (such as the ABC news program ''[[KXXV|Good Morning Texas]]'') contended that the press dropped the book after former Baylor president [[Herbert H. Reynolds]] sent a "threatening email to editors ... denouncing" it.<ref name=waco1/><ref>{{cite episode |date=2006 |title=Early Edition|series=Good Morning Texas |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/11BC478126EE7DE0 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |location=5:38-5:44 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]]|station=[[KXXV]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After a rewrite, the book was published by St. Augustine's Press as ''The Baylor Project: Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level'' (2007).<ref>{{cite news |author=Woods, Tim |year=2007 |title=Controversial Book about Baylor to be Published After All |newspaper=[[Waco Tribune-Herald]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/11B4B155D2CB5B08 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 25, 2023}}</ref>
==Publications==
===Book series===
Notable [[Book series|book and monograph series]] published by Baylor University Press include the following:<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory 2016: Information on Scholarly Presses in the U.S., Canada, and Overseas |date=2016 |publisher=[[Association of University Presses|Association of American University Presses]] |location=[[Washington, DC]] |pages=
* "Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament" (BHGNT), edited by Martin Culy<ref>{{cite book |author=Evans, J. F. |title=A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works: 10th Edition |date=2016 |publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers|Zondervan Academic]] |isbn=9780310520979 |location=[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] |pages=45}}</ref>
* "Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible" (BHHB), edited by W. Dennis Tucker, Jr.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Price, J. D. |year=2008 |title=Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/211234190 |journal=[[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society]] |volume=51 |issue=1 |page=123 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 25, 2023|id={{ProQuest|211234190}} }}</ref>
* "Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures", sponsored by the Department of History, Baylor University<ref>{{cite news |date=2014 |title=Smith College's Helen Horowitz Will Give the 2014 Charles Edmondson Historical Lectures |publisher=Targeted News Service |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1498216353 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=February 25, 2023|id={{ProQuest|1498216353}} }}</ref>
* "Documents of Anglophone Christianity", edited by Roger Lundin and Debora Shuger<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eggert |first=Katherine |date=2017 |title=Recent Studies in the English Renaissance |journal=[[SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900]] |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=181{{en dash}}225 |doi=10.1353/sel.2017.0008|s2cid=51689220 }}</ref>
* "The Making of the Christian Imagination", edited by Stephen Prickett<ref>{{cite book |author=Klassen, N. |title=The Fellowship of the Beatific Vision: Chaucer on Overcoming Tyranny and Becoming Ourselves |date=2016 |publisher=[[Wipf and Stock]] |isbn=97814982-83687 |location=Eugene, Oregon |page=6}}</ref>
* "New Perspectives on Latina/o Religion", edited by Miguel A. De La Torre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Series: New Perspectives on Latina/o Religion |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=browse&limit=series_id:1095&min=1&max=10&t=series_facet_select |access-date=February 25, 2023 |publisher=[[Project MUSE]]}}</ref>
* "Studies in Christianity and Literature", sponsored by the Conference on Christianity and Literature<ref>{{cite journal |author=McGehee, Michael |year=2010 |title=Review of 'Invisible Conversations: Religion and the Literature of America' ed. by Roger Lundin |journal=[[Johns Hopkins University Press|Christianity & Literature]] |volume=59 |issue=4 |page=742|doi=10.1177/014833311005900420 }}</ref>
* "Studies in Religion and Higher Education", edited by Michael Beaty et al.<ref>{{cite book |author=Higton, M. |title=A Theology of Higher Education |date=2012 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780199643929 |location=[[Oxford, UK]] |page=257}}</ref>
* "Studies in Rhetoric and Religion" (SRR), edited by Martin J. Medhurst<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Cahill, Thomas |author2=Houck, Davis W. |author3=Dixon, David E. |year=2007 |title=History and Biography |journal=[[Brill Publishers|Religion and the Arts]] |volume=11 |pages=122–126}}</ref>
==See also==
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