Priests spotlight women in Bible in new 'Dummies' book

Published: 2005-10-31

METUCHEN, N.J. (CNS) -- How important are women in the Bible? And how much do we really know about them? Fathers Kenneth Brighenti and John Trigilio Jr. explore these questions and more in their new book, "Women in the Bible for Dummies," using the light yet informative style typical of the popular "Dummies" book series. Father Brighenti, pastor of St. Ann Parish in Raritan, and Father Trigilio, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Marysville, Pa., were approached by Wiley Publishing of Indiana to write about women in the Bible after the success of their book, "Catholicism for Dummies," which was published in 2003 and has sold 100,000 copies. The priests also co-wrote "The Everything Bible Book," published in 2004 by Adams Media, and they co-host two weekly series on the Eternal Word Television Network. "The publisher (Wiley) did a study that concluded that more women than men read, and that religion is a hot topic. ... Therefore, they thought women in the Bible would be a hot topic," Father Brighenti said in an interview with The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Metuchen Diocese.

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