Phyllis Tickle died yesterday at 81. The writer, editor, and commentator on American religion was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer early this year.
In 2004, Wendy Murray wrote a profile of Tickle for the Century. Here's how it starts:
In 1987 Phyllis Tickle, then the religion editor at Publisher’s Weekly, foresaw a rising demand for religious books. Books, she wrote, were about to become “portable pastors.” Her prediction proved true.
