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Past coverage of the books listed include:

The Jesus Creed | Jesus' Guide to Spiritual Formation | The Lord's modified creed was key for disciples' growth, author says. (April 06, 2005)

Africa and the Bible | Sudan's Biblical History | Sudan's ongoing civil war isn't the only reason Christians should be familiar with the region. (May 25, 2004)

The Rise of Evangelicalism | An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars | Mark Noll delivers the first installment of a five-volume, multiauthor history of evangelicalism. (Books & Culture, July/August 2004)

The Design Revolution | William Dembski's Revolution | The author of Intelligent Design set out to answer the toughest questions about the movement he helped promote. (March 30, 2004)

Encountering New Religious Movements | Targeted Apologetics | Encountering New Religious Movements with the Gospel. (July 07, 2004)

Gilead | This Poor Gray Ember of Creation | Marilynne Robinson's Gilead is a novel to savor. (Books & Culture, March/April 2005)

Of Fathers and Sons | The sometimes-fractured relationships between fathers and sons are the heart of this stellar second novel from Marilynne Robinson (first item, March 09, 2005)

Invitation to Solitude and Silence Excerpt: Are You Dangerously Tired? | A hard-to-recognize hazard for Christian leaders (from sister publication, Building Church Leaders)

Excerpt: Rest for the Mind | How can you still your racing thoughts in order to enjoy the presence of God? (from sister publication, Building Church Leaders)

Familiar Stranger Not a Tame Lion | An engaging theologian questions the Jesus of modern scholars. (Feb. 15, 2005)

Spirit and Flesh Living with Fundamentalists | Spirit and Flesh documents life in a Baptist church. (Oct. 27, 2004)

Excerpt: Fundamentally Personal | At The Shawmut River Baptist Church, worship and preaching are saturated with the familiar, the "at-home." (Oct. 27, 2004)

When I Lay My Isaac Down God Amid Tragedy | A review of When I Lay My Isaac Down. (Aug. 12, 2004)

Excerpt: When My Son Was Arrested for Murder | Finding faith under unthinkable circumstances. (Aug. 12, 2004)

Unveiling Life Imitates Art | Unveiling is a commendable debut novel. (April 05, 2004)

Seeing Is Believing Pictures of God's Love | Seeing Is Believing lays the theological foundation for imaginative prayer. (May 05, 2004)

See our earlier book awards for 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, and 1997, as well as our Books of the Twentieth Century.

For other coverage or reviews, see our Books archive and the weekly Books & Culture Corner.

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June 2005, Vol. 49, No. 6