Books

Evangelicals Live in the Suburbs. Do the Suburbs Live in Us?

A new book explores how culture and geography shape faith and practice.

Book Reviews

Evangelicals Live in the Suburbs. Do the Suburbs Live in Us?

by Brian J. Miller

Don’t Toss Orthodoxy in the Campfire

by Cara Meredith

The Mixed Legacy of a Leading Evangelical Family

by Obbie Tyler Todd, Mark A. Noll

Godly Homes Need More Than Godly Routines

by Phylicia Masonheimer

Review

Godly Homes Need More Than Godly Routines

Phylicia Masonheimer is right: Household disciplines can encourage faithfulness. But they can also encourage idolatry.

Review

We Can Debate Women in Ministry. But Not the Historical Facts.

Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority.

Review

Just Say No to Online Church

Michael Huerter’s The Hybrid Congregation is an earnest effort to enrich our worship. It is also naive, superficial, incurious, and wrong.

Review

Mother Emanuel and the Witness of Black Christian Faith

A decade after the racist massacre at the oldest AME Church in the South, a new book explores the congregation’s deep history.

Book Awards

The Christianity Today Book Awards

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

Theology Is Not a Waste

Far from being impractical, careful theological study is crucial to ordinary Christian life.

Jesus and My OCD

Christ’s death is the beginning of my relief from mental illness.

‘Evangelical Imagination’ Has Formed Us. But Can We Define It?

Metaphors, images, and stories orient us. But we must understand them first.

Review

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs in a Spotify Age

A new book says streaming platforms have “broken” how we make and hear music. Can the church model a better way?

The Author Who Pulled Me out of the Doomscroll

Fantasy novelist Guy Gavriel Kay, who helped compile Tolkien’s Silmarillion, grapples with the juxtaposition of love and suffering in Written on the Dark.

Review

Finally, a Tech Book That Doesn’t Pull Punches

Clare Morell’s The Tech Exit succeeds where so many volumes fail, never flinching at the digital crisis faced by families, schools, and churches today.

Review

A Spiritual Checkup for Christians in Health Care

Faithful medical professionals need more than practical tips on handling stress or managing schedules.

Review

To Lead Others to Christ, Get Comfortable with Their Sorrow

In an era defined by failed quests for happiness, our evangelism can offer a consoling presence.

Review

Has Faith Gone Out of Fashion?

A symposium on Christian Smith’s book Why Religion Went Obsolete.

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