Evangelical History

Three history books to read this month.

God and Country argues Christians studying the past must be charitable to its flawed inhabitants.

CT helped readers make sense of wild cultural changes in 1969.

A new history of American apologetics from Daniel K. Williams offers careful detail, worthwhile lessons, and an ambitious, sprawling, rollicking narrative.

Beth Felker Jones’s book charitably holds up its merits against other traditions.

CT considered paperback books, the Peace Corps, and the first man in space.

A Catholic on the campaign trail and the “possibly catastrophic character of what is happening under our eyes” caused deep concern in 1960.

A new series: Walking Through 70 Years.

The talk that launched over 1,000 magazine issues.

It was already unraveling by 1973. Repairing it today won’t be easy.