Books

New & Noteworthy 2024

CT Editors

Seven books we’re looking forward to in the new year.

Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Duty

Ephraim Radner (Baker Academic)

Untangling Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know and Why It Matters

Ed Uszynski (InterVarsity Press)

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Elizabeth Oldfield (Brazos Press)

Break, Blow, Burn, and Make: A Writer’s Thoughts on Creation

E. Lily Yu (Worthy Books)

The Blurred Cross: A Writer’s Difficult Journey with God

Richard Bauckham (Baker Academic)

Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships?: Examining 10 Claims about Scripture and Sexuality

Rebecca Mclaughlin (The Good Book Company)

The Pastor as Apologist: Restoring Apologetics to the Local Church

Dayton Hartman and Michael McEwen (B&H)

Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Awards

CT Editors

This article appeared in the January/February, 2024 issue of Christianity Today as "New & Noteworthy 2024".

Also in this issue

In keeping with recent tradition, we’re devoting our first issue of the new year to the place of books and reading in the Christian life. Alongside the annual CT Book Awards—which commend some of the previous year’s top titles in areas like theology, discipleship, apologetics, and missions—we’ve included adapted excerpts from several finalists. Other features analyze the popularity of self-help books among Christian audiences, survey the changing landscape of Christian fiction, and mount a case for better appreciating contemporary literature. As a bonus, we’ve asked eight accomplished Christian authors to daydream about a book they would love to write—even though, realistically, they’ll never pull it off.

Christianity Today January/February, 2024

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Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Awards

CT Editors

Can Self-Help Books Really Help?

Hannah Anderson

Theology Is Not a Waste

Jon Nielson

Jesus and My OCD

John Andrew Bryant

To Animation and Beyond, Cartooning Pastor Hopes for the Next Big Thing

Adam MacInnis

Reading for the Love of the World

Sara Kyoungah White

‘Evangelical Imagination’ Has Formed Us. But Can We Define It?

Karen Swallow Prior

Our Jan/Feb Issue: Rejoice, Tremble, and Keep on Reading

Matt Reynolds

Testimony

The 2016 Election Sent Me Searching for Answers

Carrie Sheffield

Indonesian Government Adjusts Name Above All Names

Daniel Silliman

Book Binders Save Bibles One at a Time

Ericka Andersen

Christian Fiction (Finally) Has Issues

Ann Byle

Meeting People Where They’re Migrating

Alexandra Mellen

The Echoes of Genesis in Darwin

Interview by Matthew Nelson Hill

Review

American Christianity Is a Flourishing Forest

Michael Hamilton

The Book I’d Love to Write

CT Editors

Excerpt

God Thwarted the Tower of Babel. But Its Spirit Lives On.

Christopher Watkin

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