William J. Whalen
William Joseph Whalen was a nationally known American non-fiction writer and an expert on comparative religion.Biography
Whalen attended the University of Notre Dame and received degrees from Marquette and Northwestern. He was an information officer with the U. S. Navy during World War II and served on Saipan and Guam.
For over forty years Whalen worked at Purdue University as a professor of communication. From 1950 he also directed the publications program at that school and in 1960 helped found Purdue University Press.
Whalen, a Roman Catholic, authored or co-authored fifteen books and wrote over two hundred articles, pamphlets and encyclopedia articles. Much of his writing compares Catholicism with other beliefs.
He died in 2008 at the age of 82 in West Lafayette, Indiana. At his death, he was director emeritus of university publications and professor emeritus of communication.; Books
- ', Our Sunday Visitor ; Revised ed., 287pp.,
- ', Ignatius Press 215pp.,
- Your Guide to Effective Publications: a handbook for campus publications professionals, with Kelvin J. Arden, CASE, 167pp.
- Strange Gods: Contemporary Religious Cults in America, Our Sunday Visitor Inc., Ex-library ed., 130pp.
- Other Religions in a World of Change, with Carl J. Pfeifer S.J., Ave Maria Press, 128pp.
- Minority Religions in America, Alba House; Rev Sub ed., 226pp.
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- Handbook of Secret Organizations, Bruce Publishing: Milwaukee, 169pp. LCCN 66-026658
- Armageddon Around the Corner: a report on Jehovah's Witnesses, J. Day Co.: New York, 249pp. OCLC Number: 1261733
- Christian Family Finance, Paulist Press, 160pp.
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; Pamphlets
- Reaching Out to the Lutherans with Heart and Mind, Liguori Publications, 32pp.
- Reaching Out to the Methodists with Heart and Mind, Liguori Publications, 32pp.
- Reaching Out to the Presbyterians and the Reformed with Heart and Mind, Liguori Publications, 32pp.
- Reaching Out to the Baptists with Heart and Mind, Liguori Publications, 32pp.
- Reaching Out to the Episcopalians with Heart and Mind, Liguori Publications, 32pp.
