Cover Story
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Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Features
Can Self-Help Books Really Help?
Self-help books are wildly popular, including among Christians. But can they keep their promise to improve us?
Theology Is Not a Waste
Far from being impractical, careful theological study is crucial to ordinary Christian life.
Jesus and My OCD
Christ’s death is the beginning of my relief from mental illness.
Reading for the Love of the World
Christians are comfortable with the classics. But reading contemporary literature can be a search for truth too.
‘Evangelical Imagination’ Has Formed Us. But Can We Define It?
Metaphors, images, and stories orient us. But we must understand them first.
Testimony
The 2016 Election Sent Me Searching for Answers
Politics had become a false idol, and I needed a deeper source of purpose and meaning.
Christian Fiction (Finally) Has Issues
Evangelical novelists have embraced human grit and struggle. Getting readers to notice is its own struggle.
The Book I’d Love to Write
Eight writers daydream about passion projects they will (realistically) never pursue.
Excerpt
God Thwarted the Tower of Babel. But Its Spirit Lives On.
From the builders of Genesis 11 to the architects of the modern world, we’ve forgotten who makes our name great.
More from this Issue
Our Jan/Feb Issue: Rejoice, Tremble, and Keep on Reading
A look inside our books issue.
News
To Animation and Beyond, Cartooning Pastor Hopes for the Next Big Thing
The silly space adventurer started small, but shows the potential for a faith-based, family friendly series.
Indonesian Government Adjusts Name Above All Names
And other news briefs from Christians around the world.
Book Binders Save Bibles One at a Time
Craft businesses honor legacies of faith.
Reviews
The Echoes of Genesis in Darwin
Evolutionary science has surprising roots in a Hebrew view of reality.
Review
American Christianity Is a Flourishing Forest
Just as biodiversity produces new trees, cultural diversity produces new expressions of an ancient faith.
New & Noteworthy 2024
Seven books we’re looking forward to in the new year.