What Elizabeth Gilbert discovered about marriage before she ate her words in 'Committed.'

Picks from Andrew Parker, professor of sport and Christian outreach at the University of Gloucestershire

Short reviews of recent books worth considering.

Lynn Cohick argues that early Christian women were more active in public life than we might think.

Unearthing What I Believe and Why It Matters

How to get along with the extroverts who populate the Western church.

How the positive thinking movement has shaped the church.

She tells CT why she remained married to Ted Haggard—even after he suggested that she divorce him.

Timothy George attempts to interpret the great 'theologizer.'

The Return of Religion, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and No Small Matter.

Judges whittled 472 submissions down to 12 winners.

Powerful endorsements bolster John Sailhamer's new tome on the Bible's first five books.

Do even Christians operate from 'brazen self-interest' in interacting with others and with God?

Books, films, and music of note in December.

Thomas Merton's letters, the law and theology of illegitimacy, and Victorian photocollage.

John Wigger explains how Francis Asbury left his fingerprints all over American Christianity.

Author Dinesh D'Souza says new scientific thinking bolsters the case for life after death.

In Deep Church, Jim Belcher says it doesn't have to be either-or.