Canon Press

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Canon Press
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Founded1988;36 years ago (1988)
Founder Doug Wilson
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Moscow, Idaho
Key peopleJess Hall, CEO [1]
Publication typesBooks
Imprints Logos Press
Canonball Books
Noeo Science
Logos Online School
Official website canonpress.com

Canon Press is a Christian publishing house in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded by Doug Wilson in 1988 as a literature ministry of his Christ Church. [2] It has published more than 100 books by Wilson and his family members. [3] Canon Press was sold in 2012 and continues to operate as a private company owned by Aaron Rench and N. D. Wilson. [4]

Contents

Two books published by Canon Press were found to contain significant portions of uncited work by other authors and were subsequently retracted and remaindered: Southern Slavery As It Was (1996), co-authored by Doug Wilson and Steve Wilkins [5] and A Justice Primer (2015), co-authored by Doug Wilson and Randy Booth. [6]

In 2021, the company said that its opposition to identity politics and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions allowed its workforce to be "free to work", and that it had tripled in size since 2019. [1]

As a marketing initiative, Canon Press put up billboards across the United States in 2023 with the words "Christ is Lord" in bold white letters on a black background, along with a URL. [7] The campaign was a promotion for Doug Wilson's book Mere Christendom, [8] which one theology professor said promotes Christian nationalism. [9]

Fields

Canon Press publishes books and teaching materials to support the classical Christian education movement through its Logos Press imprint, inspired by the success of the Logos School. [10] [11] [12]

Notable books

Canonball Books imprint

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