Biography and History
FIRST PLACE (TIE): Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (Since 1700), by Jaroslav Pelikan (University of Chicago)
Altered Landscapes, edited by David Lotz (Eerdmans)
RUNNER-UP: Great Leaders of the Christian Church, edited by John Woodbridge (Moody)
Christian Living and Spirituality
FIRST PLACE (TIE): Disappointment with God, by Philip Yancey (Zondervan)
In the Name of Jesus, by Henri Nouwen (Crossroad)
RUNNER-UP: Answering God, by Eugene Peterson (Harper & Row)
Commentaries
FIRST PLACE: The Book of Ruth, by Robert Hubbard, Jr. (Eerdmans)
RUNNER-UP: Romans 1–8, by James Dunn (Word)
1 & 2 Samuel, by Joyce Baldwin (InterVarsity)
Philippians, by Moisés Silva (Moody)
Contemporary Issues
FIRST PLACE: Battered into Submission, by James and Phyllis Alsdurf (InterVarsity Press)
RUNNER-UP: Euthanasia, by Ed Larson and Beth Spring (Multnomah)
Fiction
FIRST PLACE: Piercing the Darkness, by Frank Peretti (Crossway)
RUNNER-UP: The Furniture of Heaven, by Mike Mason (Harold Shaw)
Reference and Textbooks
FIRST PLACE: Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, edited by Stanley Burgess and Gary McGee (Zondervan)
RUNNER-UP: Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, edited by Walter Elwell (Baker)
Theology and Doctrine
FIRST PLACE: The Canon of Scripture, by F. F. Bruce (InterVarsity)
RUNNER-UP: Theology of the Reformers, by Timothy George (Broadman)