Editor’s Note from September 24, 1976

With this issue we come to the end of twenty years of publication. The issue contains our annual index. CT is also indexed in Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, Christian Periodical Index, and Index to Religious Periodical Literature.

Kudos to senior editor David Kucharsky, whose first book, The Man From Plains, an account of Jimmy Carter and the evangelical scene, has just been published by Harper & Row.

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A peculiar hospitality can awaken faith in our secular contexts.

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Russell Moore’s Favorite Books of 2025

CT’s editor at-large recommends a handful of biographies—from Augustine to Robert Frost—along with sci-fi, Stephen King, social media, and more.

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