Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
From N.T. Wright to J.D. Greear: How J.I. Packer Shaped My Faith and Work
20 evangelical thought leaders on the theologian who inspired their seminary studies, sparked their love of Scripture, and took them out for spicy food.
Pious Pledges and Consecrated Keggers
Can Christian fraternities and sororities redeem a campus culture bruised from hazing and drowning in alcohol?
The Dean of Christian Scholars
A conversation with Mark Noll.
Christ In Color
We make Jesus seem gray when he was anything but.
175 Leaders Urge U.S. Support in Christianity’s Historical Heartland; Egyptian Churches Not So Sure
Middle East Christians appreciate prayers, but political action brings mixed feelings.
The Quest for the Perfect Atheist
Susan Jacoby’s biography of Robert Ingersoll mistakes a likeable fellow with a second-rate mind for a “freethinking” hall-of-famer.
The Handel Revolution
A great composer reconceived.
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.
Capitalist Tool
The real Ben Franklin.