Crossroad Publishing Company

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Crossroad Publishing Company
Parent company Verlag Herder
Founded1980
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Distribution Independent Publishers Group
Publication types Books
Nonfiction topicsspirituality, religion, and wellness
Official website www.cpcbooks.com

The Crossroad Publishing Company is a New York-based publishing house for books on spirituality, religion, and wellness. The company is the American branch of the global, 200-year-old Herder family publishing group, with headquarters in Freiburg, Germany (Verlag Herder) [1] and Barcelona, Spain (Herder Editorial). [2]

History

20th century

In the final decades of the 20th century, Crossroad (and Crossroad/Continuum) offered Christian spirituality authors, including John Michael Talbot, Fr. Thomas Keating, M. Basil Pennington, and Henri Nouwen.

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References

  1. "Verlag Herder" . Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. "Herder Editorial" . Retrieved 5 December 2013.