Richard Ostling is an American author and journalist living in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[1] He and his wife, the late Joan K. Ostling, are the co-authors of Mormon America: The Power and the Promise (1999; revised ed. 2007).[2]
Richard Ostling and his wife had two children, Margaret and Elizabeth.[1]
The Center for Religious Inquiry has called Richard Ostling "one of the most distinguished and honored writers on religion in America."[6] A review in The New York Times called Mormon America: The Power and the Promise "eminently fair, well researched and exhaustive."[7] "His distinctions include a Pulitzer Prize nomination; the American Academy of Religion, Supple and Templeton prizes; and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Religion Newswriters Association."[3]
Joan Ostling
Joan K. Ostling (June 29, 1939 – January 11, 2009) was an assistant professor of English and journalism at Nyack College,[1] as well as having taught at several other evangelical colleges.[8] She also co-authored a comprehensive bibliography of books by and about C. S. Lewis. Joan Ostling earned master's degrees in English and political science and was a writer and editor for the US Information Agency in Washington, DC.[2][9]
Joan Ostling died of breast cancer on January 11, 2009 at her home in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
12Swenson, Raymond Takashi (2001). "Faith without Caricature?". FARMS Review. 13 (2). Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religions Scholarship: 65–77. doi:10.2307/44795380. JSTOR44795380. Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2012, A review of "Mormon America: The Power and the Promise" by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)