Department OF Publication
Primary Function the Department of Publication
The primary functions of the Department of Publication are to obtain, create, and publish content for our website and bookstore. In addition to books, papers, and other publications, we collect unpublished papers, topic summaries, and materials that may be of interest to teachers and students who are looking for Ideas. For example, scholars often have outlines of books or papers they want to write, but have not had the time to do so. We archive the outline in the LXON Library, hoping that somebody else will take up the project.
Divisions of the Department of Publication
The Department of Publication has been charged with these functions. Each function is a separate division. We are looking for help from volunteers in all of these areas. We are recruiting remote Christian editors, formatters, and public domain researchers. Since we work from digital offices, our staff can be situated anywhere in the world.
As we develop, we hope to assist authors in their efforts to get published. Those assigned to this division will be the source of information and assistance to authors, whether or not we are able to publish their work.
Our public domain republishing is a critical part of our LXON project, a world-class Christian research portal.
- Select public domain Christian writings for digital reprinting, format manuscripts, and publish interactive content.
- Manage retail distribution and revenue generation for published work through our online bookstore;
- Negotiate with authors; and
- Oversee other retail distribution and affiliates agreements.
Public domain publishing division
With an estimated 10,000 or more new Christian scholarship-worthy publications entering the public domain each year, it is important that we make careful choices given our limited resources. It can take a month of part-time volunteer labor per volume, even though we use the best AI sources for assistance. We also have other automation techniques available.
Help us pick which public domain books to republish
Completed books and papers
Flint, Robert. Agnosticism. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1903.
Our in process list
Bell, B. I. (1931). Unfashionable Convictions. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers.
Fairbairn, A. M. (1902). The Philosophy of the Christian Religion. New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Hodder and Stoughton.
These works are essential for seminarians, historians, Christian Scholars, and those engaged in high-level cultural apologetics.
Ash-Wednesday
T.S. Eliot,1930
This poem marks Eliot’s conversion to Anglo-Catholicism. It is a profound, scholarly meditation on the struggle of the soul toward God, echoing Bell’s own journey through the “waste land” of modernism.
The Everlasting Man
G.K. Chesterton,1925
A direct challenge to H.G. Wells’ secular history of the world. Chesterton argues that Christianity is not just another “fashionable” philosophy, but a unique, supernatural eruption into human history.
Orthodoxy
G.K. Chesterton, 1908
Perhaps the closest spiritual cousin to Bell’s Unfashionable Convictions. It is a masterpiece of Christian apologetics, defending the “thrilling romance” of traditional dogma against the dullness of secularism.
The Pilgrim Church
E. H. Broadbent (1931)
A monumental history of “independent” Christianity outside the state-church structures. It provides a rare and meticulously researched genealogy of dissenting groups (Waldensians, Paulicians, Anabaptists) that is frequently cited by church historians but often difficult to find in a high-quality, modern edition. It offers an “unfashionable” but vital alternative perspective on church history that resonates with modern “house church” and non-denominational movements.
Christianity and Liberalism
J. Gresham Machen (1923)
The defining text of the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy. Machen’s thesis—that “Liberalism” is not a version of Christianity but a separate religion entirely—remains one of the most logically rigorous critiques of secularized faith ever written.
The Return of Christendom
Maurice Reckitt et al. (1922)
A collection of essays by prominent Anglo-Catholics and Christian Socialists (with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton). It argues for a total restructuring of society based on Catholic social principles. It is a “lost” classic of Christian political theory that anticipated many modern discussions on “Post-Liberalism” and the “Benedict Option.”
The King’s Highway
G. D. Carleton (1924)
Widely considered the “gold standard” for Anglo-Catholic manuals of instruction. It covers dogma, liturgy, and the interior life with a clarity and firm conviction that is rarely seen in modern “broad” church literature.
Borden of Yale ’09
Mrs. Howard Taylor (1926)
The biography of William Whiting Borden, a millionaire heir who gave away his fortune to become a missionary to Muslims in China, only to die in Egypt at age 25. This is a premier example of 20th-century missionary hagiography. Its “No Reserves, No Retreats, No Regrets” message is a powerful devotional tool for modern youth ministries.
The Catholic Religion 1920s
Vernon Staley
A foundational manual for Anglican and Episcopal members.
A Manual of Church History
F.X. Funk
Originally published in German (Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte), this manual became a foundational textbook in seminaries and universities globally. It is prized for its conciseness and objective tone.
Online Bookstore
Our goal is to provide the widest access available to the entire world. To achieve his goal we need to have prices as low as possible. We need only to cover our overhead. As a nonprofit our goal is not to make money. We expect that avoiding physical locations will minimize costs. Even so, we have tasked the Department of Publication’s bookstore division with covering its overhead through sales of our books as well as LXON royalties.
We expect to offer inexpensive or free textbooks to our students and give copies to students and others as awards.
Author Division
As we develop, we hope to assist authors in their efforts to get published. Those assigned to this division will be the source of information and assistance to authors, whether or not we are able to publish their work.
Affiliate Division
LXON research portal provides links to books cited that we are not licensed to provide a copy of. These links are to affiliates who can provide the book if needed.
