Jeffery L. Sheler
AUTHOR

Jeffery L. Sheler

Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Jeffery Sheler is an award-winning freelance journalist who has covered the American religion scene for nearly two decades. As a senior writer for U.S. News & World Report for many years he authored more than 35 cover stories on religious topics ranging from American evangelicalism to the pedophile scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the author of Prophet of Purpose: The Life of Rick Warren (Doubleday, 2009), Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America (Viking, 2006), and Is the Bible True? (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999), which was named one of the top ten religion books of 2000 by Christianity Today magazine. Sheler is an occasional correspondent on the weekly PBS public affairs program "Religion & Ethics News Weekly," is a frequent guest on national radio broadcasts, and has appeared on network television programs including "Early Today on NBC," "Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)," "The Situation Room (CNN), "CNN Headline News," "CNN Crossfire," and "John McLaughlin One On One." He continues to write for U.S. News as a contributing editor. His written work also has appeared in National Geographic, Readers Digest and Smithsonian Magazine. He is past president of the Religion Newswriters Association.
Read more Read less
You're getting a free audiobook


You're getting a free audiobook.

$14.95 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Best Sellers

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.