Books

New & Noteworthy 2023

Seven books we’re looking forward to this year.

The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Karen Swallow Prior (Brazos Press)

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun (Broadleaf Books)

Why Evangelical Theology Needs the Global Church

Stephen T. Pardue (Baker Academic)

A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining its History, Mission, and Message

Brandon Washington (Zondervan)

Not a Hopeless Case: 6 Vital Questions from Young Adults for a Church in Crisis

Halee Gray Scott (Zondervan)

The Doctrine of Good Works: Reclaiming a Neglected Protestant Teaching

Thomas H. McCall, Caleb T. Friedeman, and Matt T. Friedeman (Baker Academic)

Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

Lucy S. R. Austen (Crossway)

Also in this issue

Books take center stage in this issue, which features CT’s annual Book Awards, along with excerpts from a handful of books chosen as finalists in various awards categories. It also includes three pieces exploring the way books are made and the debates they inspire: a profile of the poet and priest Malcolm Guite, a report on Christian librarians navigating political and communal tensions over controversial titles, and a look at how Christian publishers are wrestling with questions of author “platform.”

Cover Story

Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards

CT Editors

News

In Church Planting, More Money Means More People

A Poet for ‘Bruised Evangelicals’

Kara Bettis

Read Like Nicodemus

God Is the Good Samaritan

Richard Lints

The Church Was Meant to Enjoy Its Diversity, Not Wish It Away.

Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes

Why Are There So Many Angry Theologians?

Ronni Kurtz

Our Jan/Feb Issue: The Reading Life in a Tweeting Age

In Christian Publishing, ‘Platform’ Is Being Weighed and Found Wanting

Collin Huber

Testimony

I Wanted to Die for Allah. Now I Live for Jesus.

Al Fadi

Libraries Aren’t Safe, But They Are Good

Emily Belz

News

Christian Fiction Queen Says Goodbye to Hallmark, Hello to Karen Kingsbury Productions

Excerpt

The Image of God in ‘Invisible Man’

Claude Atcho

News

How We Read the Bible Now

News

Nicaraguan President Closes Christian Nonprofits

Daniel Silliman

When Life Is Cut Short—Or Prolonged

Kate Lucky

The Relatable Zeal of Puritan Women

Interview by Catherine Parks

Review

Naming Names in the Abortion Debate

Alex Ward

5 Theology Books from the Global Church

Geethanjali Tupps

Excerpt

Go Ahead, Waste Your Time Reading

Austin Carty

Apathy Used to Be a Virtue. But It’s Our Culture’s Hidden Vice.

Uche Anizor

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Against the Casinofication of the Church

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The Religion Gender Gap Among the Young Is Disappearing

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Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.

Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating

The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.

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