Books & Culture Corner | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Home > Opinion > Features > Books & Culture Corner

Books & Culture Corner

John Wilson is editor of Books & Culture, a bimonthly review that engages the contemporary world from a Christian perspective in a lively mix of essays, memoirs, interviews, excerpts from new and forthcoming books and other regular features. Wilson is also editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and editor of The Best Christian Writing 2004.

Displaying 101 - 120 of 214 articles.

Page: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Books & Culture Corner: The Top Ten Books of 2003
"The Worst Book of the Year, more good reading, digital books, and a little Christmas music"

John Wilson | posted 12/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture Corner: A Few Coming Attractions from 2004
"What to buy with those gift cards, and some of the books in my to-read stacks"

John Wilson | posted 12/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture Corner: Dr. Z
PBS creates a Doctor Zhivago for our time—and entirely omits the (unorthodox) Christianity that informs the novel from start to finish

John Wilson | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Books of the Week: From Dust to Dust
Soil and the future of creation

Ragan Sutterfield | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Books of the Week: Remember Afghanistan?
Two inside reports

Albert Louis Zambone | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

"Books & Culture's Books of the Week: Faith, Hope, and Charity in North Carolina"
New novels by Michael Morris—whose first novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, was a word-of-mouth hit—and Jan Karon, who continues her beloved Mitford saga

Betty Smartt Carter | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Cool Drink of Water
A poet's voice in the evangelical wilderness

D.S. Martin | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

"Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Poetry, Prayer, and Parable"
The playful provocations of Scott Cairns

David Wright | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Back to the Future
A sprawling new novel by the author of Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon goes to the 17th century to investigate the birth of the modern world. (You won't be surprised to learn that the Puritans are among the Bad Guys.)

Albert Louis Zambone | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM

"Books & Culture Corner: I Shop, Therefore I Am"
"Critics of consumer culture are all wet, Virginia Postrel says. The riot of choices available to us resonates with our deepest aesthetic instincts"

Jeremy Lott | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: The Troubled Conscience of a Founding Father
An Imperfect God examines George Washington and slavery

Preston Jones | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture Corner: The Year of the Fish
The 2003 baseball season concludes with a bang—and 2004 is just around the corner

John Wilson | posted 10/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: The Difference Between Conservatives and Prolifers
"William Saletan unspins, and respins, the abortion debate"

Jeremy Lott | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

"Books & Culture Corner: The Ph.D. Octopus, 100 Years On"
How Christians can make a difference in the upside-down world of graduate school.

Wilfred M. McClay | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture Corner: The Contemplative Christian
Eugene Peterson calls believers to a life lived with wholeness, honesty, without contrivance—against the grain of much that's currently driving the church in America

Nathan Bierma | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Terrorists on Trial
How the nation responded to an earlier attack

Preston Jones | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Recalling California
Want to understand what's going on in the Golden State? Toss your newsmagazines and pick up Joan Didion's new book

Caroline Langston | posted 9/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Books of the Week: Looking for the 'I'
What happens to the self when the brain is injured or malformed?

Heather Looy | posted 8/01/2003 12:00AM

Books and Culture's Book of the Week: 'A Golden Age' of Religious Tolerance?
The Ornament of the World analyzes how the intellectual elites of medieval Spain eschewed fundamentalism and showed surprising sensitivity in reconciling competing truths.

Kate Elliot van Liere | posted 8/01/2003 12:00AM

Books & Culture's Book of the Week: A New View of Worldview
"Some critics want to retire the concept. Not so fast, says David Naugle"

Daniel Siedell | posted 8/01/2003 12:00AM

Page: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

sponsors

The Green Baptist
Jonathan Merritt seeks a renewed approach to American society.

Tim Stafford | posted 11/24/2009 11:31AM

What Does the Manhattan Declaration Really Mean?
Also: advocacy groups gear up for the Christmas shopping season with politics and compassion.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/24/2009 12:16PM

'A Voice for Sanity'
J. Lee Grady doesn't want your gold. The journalist wants a 'Holy Ghost housecleaning' of the charismatic movement.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:11PM

Modern-Day Mordecai
When he's away from his day job, Charisma editor J. Lee Grady is probably working on a project to empower women and confront abuse.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:06PM

The Next Redesign
Look for Christianity Today's new and improved presence online.

Ted Olsen | posted 11/23/2009 01:43PM

Trees Of Life
How Floresta integrates development discipleship, and creation care overseas.

Deann Alford in the Dominican Republic | posted 11/20/2009 10:56AM

A Grounded Faith
Mexican ministry branches out beyond tree planting to bring healing to souls in a barren land.

Jeremy Weber in Oaxaca, Mexico | posted 11/06/2009 01:56PM

Will Abortion Derail Health Care Reform?
The Senate moves closer to a vote on health care reform, groups argue over presidential appointments, and the Family Research Council issues a correction.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/20/2009 11:05AM

Christ at the Center
Michael Horton says we need to once again let our lives and churches be driven by the gospel.

Interview by Mark Galli | posted 11/19/2009 10:14AM

Cleaning Up After Others
A&E's The Cleaner is about tough love and redemption.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/19/2009 10:19AM

'O, Evangelicos!'
We need not abandon our name—just live up to it.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/18/2009 10:31AM

Wilson's Bookmarks
From the editor of Books & Culture.

posted 11/18/2009 10:33AM

Poll: Does works righteousness pervade your church?

[Browse More Christianity Today]

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Reader Reviews are below

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.

Click here for international orders

2-for-1 Gifts!