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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUNews and Events University Communications2005The Ames Library to Display Work of BibleScholarsMeg DubuqueIllinois Wesleyan UniversityThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Recommended CitationDubuque, Meg, "The Ames Library to Display Work of Bible Scholars" (2005). News and Events. Paper 34.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/news/34NOTE TO MEDIA: To receive this release electronically, e-mail univcomm@titan.iwu.edu or visit www.iwu.edu/~iwunews  Illinois Wesleyan University   Illinois Wesleyan University News Service, P.O. Box 2900, Bloomington, IL 61702-2900 (309) 556-3181  univcomm@titan.iwu.edu  www.iwu.edu/~iwunews   October 4, 2005     Contact: Meg Dubuque, (309) 556-3181  The Ames Library to Display Work of Bible Scholars  BLOOMINGTON, Ill. –  The writings of James W. Bennett, class of ’64, and the late Charles Merrill Smith will be recognized with a book signing and display of the Charles Merrill Smith papers in The Ames Library’s John Wesley Powell Rotunda (1 Ames Plaza, Bloomington) on Oct. 7 from 2-4 p.m.  Smith, who died in 1985, was a member of the Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees.  He was also a United Methodist minister who served in the Bloomington-Normal community and the author of How to Become a Bishop without Being Religious, When the Saints Go Marching Out, and the Reverend Randollph mystery series.   Smith’s family donated his working papers as well as other professional papers, including original manuscripts, letters about interviews, fan mail and a screenplay script based on one of his works, to the Tate Archives & Special Collections of The Ames Library.   A longtime friend of Smith’s, Bennett recently completed How the Bible was Built, which is based on one of Smith’s manuscripts and was recently published by Eerdmans Press. Bennett, who will be available to sign copies of the new book, is the award-winning author of several young adult novels, including Old Hoss and The Squared Circle, and the spiritual work A Quiet Desperation.   For additional information, contact Meg Miner at  (309)556-1538 or mminer@iwu.edu  NEWS RELEASE 

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