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| Founded | 1911 (1911) |
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| Founder | William B. Eerdmans |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Distribution | Self-distributed (US) Alban Books (UK) Co Info, John Garratt Publishing,Koorong,Reformers Bookshop (Australia) Parasource Marketing & Distribution (Canada) Tien Dao Publishing House (Hong Kong) Kyo Bun Kwan Inc. (Japan) KCBS (Korea) Christian Book Discounters (South Africa)[1] |
| Publication types | Books,audiobooks,e-Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Theology,Biblical studies,world religions,ethics,philosophy,history,biography,memoir |
| Imprints | Eerdmans (@eerdmansbooks), Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (@EBYRbooks) |
| Official website | www |
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based inGrand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1911 byDutch AmericanWilliam B. Eerdmans and still independently owned with William's daughter-in-law Anita Eerdmans[2] as president, Eerdmans has long been known for publishing a wide range of Christian and religious books, from academic works inChristian theology,biblical studies,religious history, and reference to popular titles inspirituality,social andcultural criticism, andliterature.
William B. Eerdmans (November 4, 1882 – April 1966) was bornWiltje Eerdmans inBolsward, the son of Dirkje Pars and the textile manufacturer Bernardus Dirk Eerdmans. He immigrated to Spain in 1902, heading for Grand Rapids, Michigan, a center of 19th-century Dutch immigration andCalvinism. In 1911 with his partner, Brant Sevensma, Eerdmans formed the Eerdmans–Sevensma book dealership, specializing in theological textbooks. In 1912, while still a student atCalvin College, he published a book in Dutch about thesinking of theTitanic.[3] In 1915, Sevensma left, and Eerdmans continued as sole owner of the renamed William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Over his career Eerdmans published books by authors includingC. S. Lewis,Karl Barth,James Tunstead Burtchaell,Richard J. Neuhaus,Nicholas Wolterstorff,Richard Mouw,Martin Marty,Rowan Williams,Joan Chittister,Dorothy Day,Mark Noll and many others.[4]
After his death in 1966, he was succeeded by his son, William B. Eerdmans Jr.
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers began in 1995 as an imprint of William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,[5] specializing in fiction and non-fiction for younger readers, from babies to young adults.
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