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CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, January 27, 2009 — For two decades, the annual Christianity Today Book Awards have recognized outstanding volumes that shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. This year, our judging process began with 436 titles submitted by 67 publishers. CT editors selected finalists in each category, and then our expert judges sorted out the cream of the crop from 2008. Here are the 10 winners and 11 notables that best shed light on the people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission.

An online link to the awards—including judges' comments and other resources—is posted at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/february/10.26.html. Two awards are added each day this week and the entire list will be posted by Friday.

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The 2009 CT Book Awards
Apologetics/Evangelism
THE REASON FOR GOD: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller (Penguin/Dutton)

Biblical Studies
STORIES WITH INTENT: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
Klyne R. Snodgrass (Eerdmans)

Christianity and Culture
CULTURE MAKING: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Andy Crouch (InterVarsity)

Christian Living
RECONCILING ALL THINGS: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing
Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice (InterVarsity)

The Church/Pastoral Leadership
WHY WE'RE NOT EMERGENT: By Two Guys Who Should Be
Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck (Moody)

Fiction
HOME: A Novel
Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

History/Biography
BILL BRIGHT AND CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: The Renewal of Evangelicalism in Postwar America
John G. Turner (University of North Carolina)

Missions/Global Affairs
TRANSFORMING WORLDVIEWS: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change
Paul G. Hiebert (Baker Academic)

Spirituality
ACEDIA AND ME: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
Kathleen Norris (Penguin/Riverhead)

Theology/Ethics
PEOPLE AND PLACE: A Covenant Ecclesiology
Michael S. Horton (Westminster John Knox)

The 2009 CT Awards of Merit
Apologetics/Evangelism
TO THE JEW FIRST: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History
Darrell L. Bock and Mitch Glaser, editors (Kregel Academic and Professional)

Biblical Studies
DICTIONARY OF THE OLD TESTATMENT: Wisdom, Poetry and Writings
Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns, editors (IVP Academic)

Christianity and Culture
MAKING THE BEST OF IT: Following Christ in the Real World
John G. Stackhouse Jr. (Oxford)

Christian Living
BEING WELL WHEN WE'RE ILL: Wholeness and Hope in Spite of Infirmity
Marva J. Dawn (Augsburg Fortress)

The Church/Pastoral Leadership (tie)
ANCIENT-FUTURE WORSHIP: Proclaiming and Enacting God's Narrative
Robert E. Webber (Baker)

WHO STOLE MY CHURCH?: What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century
Gordon MacDonald (Thomas Nelson)

Fiction
The Almost True Story of Ryan Fisher: A Novel
Rob Stennett (Zondervan)

History/Biography
GOD AND RACE IN AMERICAN POLITICS: A Short History
Mark A. Noll (Princeton)

Missions/Global Affairs
AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM: An Introduction
Ogbu Kalu (Oxford)

Spirituality
TELL IT SLANT: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
Eugene H. Peterson (Eerdmans)

Theology/Ethics
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
N. T. Wright (HarperOne)