Books

New & Noteworthy Books

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care

Edited by David Paul Warners and Matthew Kuperus Heun (Calvin Press)

Movements of Christian concern for the environment generally rally around the ideal of stewardship. They do this, in part, to guard against distorted interpretations of God’s call in Genesis 1 to “subdue” the earth and exercise “dominion” over its creatures. The contributors to this volume investigate whether “stewardship” language has its own underappreciated flaws. As editors David Paul Warners and Matthew Kuperus Heun write in their introduction, “If we understand that humans are simply stewards, the richness of our ‘job description’ is lost, and we become merely managers of the creation. We narrow the scope of our responsibility and absolve ourselves of many other tasks.”

A Snowflake Named Hannah: Ethics, Faith, and the First Adoption of a Frozen Embryo

John Strege (Kregel)

John and Marlene Strege wanted to have a child (infertility issues had interfered). They also wanted to take a stand for human dignity at a moment when scientists were seeking access to frozen human embryos for their research potential. The steps they took in response led to Hannah, recognized as the first frozen embryo to be adopted. As John, a writer for Golf Digest, explains in this memoir, “Our adoption of frozen embryos evolved into a cause greater than ourselves by igniting a pro-life movement of a different sort, and a necessary one as science began to outrace ethical considerations.”

Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture

Gene Edward Veith Jr. (Crossway)

When Gene Edward Veith watched two hijacked planes slam into the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001, he figured that postmodernism had exhausted itself as a viable belief system. The carnage in downtown Manhattan looked more like an objective reality than one socially constructed “perspective” among many. In Post-Christian, Veith, provost at Patrick Henry College, revises his earlier stance, arguing that postmodernism has reasserted itself in new guises, growing more aggressively intolerant of Christian truth claims along the way. The good news, he claims, is that increasing numbers of people are alarmed by the movement’s drift into “self-contradiction and catastrophe.”

Also in this issue

This month’s cover story examines the power of communal confession to heal the church’s—and society’s—deepest divisions. But pastor and writer Jeff Peabody doesn’t point to the early church or to liturgical traditions as the model for how we should pray; he turns to the famous ancient prayer of Daniel at the end of Israel’s long Babylonian exile. The prayer upends our typical notions of what it means to “speak prophetically,” and the implications for our fractious cultural and political moment are striking.

Cover Story

Forgive Us Our Sins (And Theirs, Too)

Set Free by the Cross, Why Do We Live in Bondage?

New Editor, Old Roots

The Motherly Love of a Wrathful God

Reply All

Democratic Christians Weigh Their Primary Concerns

Real Love Requires a Command

News

Have You Noticed Church Is Farther Away Than it Used to Be?

María de los Ángeles La Torre Cuadros

Why Do Fewer Christian Women Work in Science?

Twelve Christian Women in Science You Should Know

Erica Carlson

Mary Schweitzer

Joanna Ng

Audrey Bowden

Margaret Miller

Lydia Manikonda

Jessica Moerman

Keila Natilde Lopez

Georgia Dunston

Mercy Akinyi

Alynne MacLean

Testimony

I Assumed Science Had All the Answers. Then I Started Asking Inconvenient Questions.

The Old Testament Twins We’ve Forgotten

Our March Issue: Us vs. Us

News

Christian Martyr Numbers Down by Half in a Decade. Or Are They?

News

Despite a Murder and Visa Denials, Christians Persevere in Turkey

The Many Faces of Narcissism in the Church

Review

Religious Parents Are Remarkably Similar, Even When They Belong to Different Religions

Review

Be Careful About Reading the Bible as a Political Guide

Excerpt

My Generation Prized ‘Authenticity.’ Why I’ve Come to Love Wearing a Mask.

News

Why German Evangelicals Are Praising God in English

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Our Latest

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A conversation with Beth Moore about UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect Luigi Mangione and the nature of sin.

Why Armenian Christians Recall Noah’s Ark in December

The biblical account of the Flood resonates with a persecuted church born near Mount Ararat.

Review

The Virgin Birth Is More Than an Incredible Occurrence

We’re eager to ask whether it could have happened. We shouldn’t forget to ask what it means.

The Nine Days of Filipino Christmas

Some Protestants observe the Catholic tradition of Simbang Gabi, predawn services in the days leading up to Christmas.

The Bulletin

Neighborhood Threat

The Bulletin talks about Christians in Syria, Bible education, and the “bad guys” of NYC.

Join CT for a Live Book Awards Event

A conversation with Russell Moore, Book of the Year winner Gavin Ortlund, and Award of Merit winner Brad East.

Excerpt

There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Proper’ Christmas Carol

As we learn from the surprising journeys of several holiday classics, the term defies easy definition.

Advent Calls Us Out of Our Despair

Sitting in the dark helps us truly appreciate the light.

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