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The Upscaling of an Evangelical
Randall Balmer returns to his father's faith-with qualifications and hesitations.
By Andy Crouch
posted 01/22/2002
To the End, a Baptist Preacher
If you want to know Martin Luther King Jr., consult his sermons.
By Richard Lischer
posted 01/21/2002
Business Principles, Salvation Army-style
What the nation's largest charity knows about leadership.
By Mark A. Kellner
poste 12/18/2001
Bible Prophecy Sales Boom
Whether scholarship or fiction, prophetic books are top sellers after September 11.
Mark A. Kellner
posted 11/28/2001
A Storyteller's Apologetic
Novelist Ron Hansen wrestles to integrate belief and craft.
Susan Wise Bauer
posted 11/19/2001
Potter's Field
Harry doesn't always make money magically appear.
Ted Olsen
posted 11/15/2001
Lord of the Megaplex
The onscreen Fellowship of the Ring launches a new wave of Tolkienmania.
Steve Rabey
posted 11/12/2001
Over-Enlarged Territory?
How do books post-Prayer of Jabez stack up?
Ted Olsen
posted 11/09/2001
Reuniting Mary and Martha
Theology is women's work, too.
Sarah E. Hinlicky
posted 11/01/2001
Huston, We Have a Problem
Neither science nor syncretism feeds the soul.
Brad Stetson
posted 10/25/2001
Dying Together
How a Bruderhof community rallied around its suffering brother.
Michael G. Maudlin
posted 9/26/2001
'I'm Not in It for the Money'
The digital revolution created many wealthy tech-heads. What do they do now?
Jeremy Lott
posted 9/25/2001
The 'Ample' Man Who Saved My Faith
G.K. Chesterton propounded the Christian faith with great wit—and sheer intellectual force.
An exclusive excerpt from Philip Yancey's new book, Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church
posted 8/31/01
G.K. Chesterton, the Eccentric Prince of Paradox
With a reputation for mild eccentricity, Chesterton laughed most at himself.
By J.D. Douglas
posted 8/31/01
First Maps of a New Frontier
A professor explores the meaning of neighbors in the global village.
By Peter L. Edman
posted 8/14/01
Mere Marketing?
Publisher, estate under fire for handling of C. S. Lewis's identity.
By Corrie Cutrer
posted 7/31/01
Aslan Is Still on the Move
There's too little evidence to prove that anyone is 'de-Christianizing' C.S. Lewis.
A Christianity Today Editorial
posted 7/31/01
Rejecting Sleaze
Steve Allen's final book argues that an emphasis on morality is the key to saving popular culture.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 7/24/01
Crossing Boundaries
Norman Anthony Peart examines racial reconciliation in the church.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 7/23/01
Honoring God's Law
Anthony Tomasino challenges our indifference to the Ten Commandments.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 7/16/01
Conquering Fear
Jo Kadlecek finds "Fear Not" a harder command to follow.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 7/9/01
Truth's Intrepid Ambassador
The architect of the Great Books, Mortimer Adler, moved beyond big ideas to the mysteries of faith.
By Terry C. Muck
posted 6/29/01
Significance in a Small Package
The Prayer of Jabez is already one of the best-selling religious books in history. Why?
By Mark Galli
posted 6/19/01
Resisting Church Divorce
Denominational conflicts may arise from views of God rather than competing worldviews. A review of Jack Haberer's GodViews.
By Richard Mouw
posted 6/18/01
Kissing Nonsense Goodbye
Is God's way "courtship" or "dating"? A slew of recent books try to provide the answer, but they're asking the wrong question.
By Rob Marus
posted 6/7/01
The Man Who Ignited the Dating Debate
I Kissed Dating Goodbye has generated both disgust and delight among singles. But the author says it's not about "not dating."
An Interview with Joshua Harris
posted 6/6/01
Cultural Savvy
Dick Staub recognizes that there's more than one kind of non-Christian.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 5/30/01
Awakening Liturgies
With the latest census figures, the worship wars move beyond guitar vs. organ.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 5/29/01
Andy Griffith Is My Copilot
Joey Fann's popular TV-based Bible study spins off an episode guide/devotional.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 5/25/01
Cathartic Prayers
Behind the prayers left at Jesus' feet.
Reviewed by Edward Gilbreath
posted 5/22/01
It's Called Junk Food for a Reason
Two books explore the differences between true nourishment and its counterfeits.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 5/15/01
Reimagining Missions
Two scholars seek to rescue the Great Commission from narrowly evangelistic readings, but their answers may be dangerously wide.
By Stan Guthrie
posted 5/1/01
The Morality Supermarket
Many Americans, even Christians, pick and choose their ideas of right and wrong.
A Christianity Today Editorial
posted 4/24/01
The Wright Stuff
With Velma Still Cooks in Leeway, Vinita Hampton Wright leads a quiet transformation of Christian fiction.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 4/20/01
Myth Matters
C. S. Lewis bequeathed us a method and a language for sharing the gospel with the modern and postmodern world.
By Louis A. Markos
posted 4/17/01
CT Book Awards 2001
The books from 2000 that most captured the imaginations of some of the most engaged readers in evangelicalism.
posted 4/16/01
Latest Books by CT Staff
On issues from foster care to the future of missions. Christianity Today staff have been writing for more than the magazine.
By David Neff, Editor
posted 4/16/01
Decoding Generations
Two books are optimistic about the coming generations but for different, and sometimes contradictory, reasons.
By Wendy Murray Zoba
posted 4/4/01
Peretti's Past Darkness
The best-selling novelist describes the tormented childhood that shaped his imagination.
By Jeremy Lott
posted 3/13/01
Religion on the Final Frontier
From a religion-free utopia to a myth-laden spirituality, Star Trek's 30-year mission has always been haunted by questions of God.
By Mike Hertenstein
posted 2/21/01
Truth, Suitable for Framing
Before there was the Internet, there was the Talmud. And they have a lot in common.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 2/20/01
The Social Experiment that Failed
Two books disclose the unforeseen hazards of divorce, and the unexpected fruits of marriage.
By Glenn T. Stanton
posted 2/7/01
Semi-Amazing Grace
Jay Bakker (yes, Jim and Tammy Faye's son) describes his continuing recovery from church-inflicted wounds.
By Douglas LeBlanc
posted 1/23/01
The Culture of Co-Opted Belief?
A Yale law professor—and fellow evangelical—warns about the costs of politics.
By Terry Mattingly
posted 1/16/01
The 10 Best Books of 2000
The editor of Books amp; Culture magazine shares his top picks of the year.
By John Wilson
posted 1/3/01
Rock amp; Roll Apologetics
New and noteworthy books on the Beatles, hate, and other subjects.
By Douglas LeBlanc
posted 11/28/00
Camus the Christian?
A pastor describes how the great existentialist atheist asked him late in life, "Do you perform baptisms?"
By James W. Sire
posted 10/31/00
The Perils of Harry Potter
Literary device or not, witchcraft is real—and dangerous.
By Jacqui Komschlies
posted 10/26/00
Slivers of Enlightenment
Seven years after its publication, Roaring Lambs—now with a companion CD—still prods Christian artists to engage the culture.
By Greg Clugston
posted 10/2/00
Virtue on a Broomstick
The Harry Potter books, and the controversy surrounding them, bode well for the culture.
By Michael G. Maudlin
posted 9/7/00
Joy Amid the Pain
Theologian John Mark Hicks discovered the healing power of lament.
By Greg Taylor
posted 8/21/00
How to Infect a Culture
Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell thinks churches can learn a lot from the flu bug.
By Michael Cromartie
posted 8/17/00
Recipes for the Soul
Phyllis Tickle thinks cookbooks and prayerbooks have a lot in common.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 8/15/00
The God of Alan Dershowitz
If the pugilistic Harvard professor has it right, then Christian theology—even God—is irrelevant.
By Steven H. Aden
posted 7/31/00
The Bobo Future
"Bourgeois bohemians" wield inordinate power over how we think about consumerism, morality—and faith itself.
By Roberto Rivera
posted 7/25/00
'Rice With Chicken' Writers in Demand
Latin American publishers join together to promote regional writers.
By Kenneth D. MacHarg
posted 7/17/00
Suffer the Children
Inner-city gradeschoolers reawakened author Jonathan Kozol's dormant faith.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 7/3/00
A Lonely Day in the Neighborhood
The breakdown of community is not just a hunch of social commentators, but a sociological fact with severe consequences.
By Robert Wuthnow
posted 6/28/00
The New Civic Family
The homeschooling Scheibner family isn't bowling alone.
By Robert Wuthnow
posted 6/28/00
The Personhood Wars
Aristotle and Aquinas enter the bioethics debate, answering what it means to be human.
By Brad Stetson
posted 6/27/00
The Ballad of John and Jesus
Two books tell the story behind John Lennon's short-lived conversion.
By Steve Turner
posted 6/14/00
Rightly Dividing Biblical History
A journalist makes a case for Scripture's reliability.
By D. A. Carson
posted 5/30/00
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