Christianity Today’s 2016 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Letter from the Editor
50 Women You Should Know
We asked key leaders which Christian women are most profoundly shaping the evangelical church and North American society. This is who they picked.
Learning the Spiritual Disciplines from a Mormon Blogger
Jana Riess’s Mormon background does not detract from Flunking Sainthood’s message.
2008 Christianity Today Book Awards
This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. CT editors selected the top books in each category, and then panels of judges — one panel per category — voted. In the end, we chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books that best shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. Selections from judges’ comments are below.
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Accuses Priest Critic of Adultery
Plus: Whether evangelicals can recover from a Catholic’s fall, the escalating cost of abuse, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Max Lucado Stepping Down
Plus: Zimbabwe cracks down on church leaders, Israel considers anti-evangelism bill, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Obama’s Grade School Not a Madrassa After All
Also: Super Bowl coaches brothers in Christ, churches oppose U.K. gay adoption law, the Burmese military aims to wipe out Christians, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Who’s to Blame for the Mideast’s Unmerry Christmas?
Plus: The Pope and Ahmadinejad, Kansas’ abortion battle, what happened to Jesus’ foreskin, churchgoers remember Ford, and other stories from online sources around the world.