The sin and crime of plagiarism in Christian publishing

[Crossman]

The sin and crime of plagiarism in Christian publishing
8 Oct 2018

"(RNS) — Plagiarism: It’s the sin few in the wider Christian publishing world will publicly talk about.

But peel away the layers, and it’s undecorated lying and stealing — a practice rooted in the cult of Christian celebrity plaguing the North American church.

This month, one of the country’s largest Christian publishers settled a lawsuit in which Christine Caine, a best-selling author, was accused of lifting content for two recent books directly from author Carey Scott."

". . . The Bible doesn’t specifically address plagiarism, but Scripture is replete with strong language prohibiting both lying and stealing. Plagiarism includes both of those practices.

Why is this happening with such frequency?"

Read more about this story at:

https://religionnews.com/2018/10/18/...an-publishing/

[Erik]

Christine "Caine" Makes you wonder why some have the name of the first murderer as their name... I have seen quite a few people with it with many different variations in spelling.

If you're going to use someone else's work you need to cite it.