Table Of Contents
January/February
2023
Volume 67, Number 1
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About This Issue
Books take center stage in this issue, which features CT’s annual Book Awards, along with excerpts from a handful of books chosen as finalists in various awards categories. It also includes three pieces exploring the way books are made and the debates they inspire: a profile of the poet and priest Malcolm Guite, a report on Christian librarians navigating political and communal tensions over controversial titles, and a look at how Christian publishers are wrestling with questions of author “platform.”
Cover Story
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Features
How acedia became the enemy of our souls.
America is set to be minority white by 2045. Evangelicals need to stop thinking that’s a bad thing.
You won’t remember most of it, but that was never the point.
Ralph Ellison’s novel depicts the quest for personal dignity in a society determined to deny it.
Theology should produce the fruit of the Spirit, not the works of the flesh.
And he teaches us to value diversity and individuality.
Malcolm Guite has found himself a sort of tribal elder for younger generations of Christians.
Amid controversies and threats of defunding, Christian public librarians work for the good of their communities.
Favoring big-name authors and “influencers” might be good for the bottom line, but not always for the books—and readers—themselves.
As a militant Muslim, I never expected to have any dealings with Christians, much less to befriend them.
Reviews
As a new “street-level” history demonstrates, you can’t tell the bigger story without telling a series of smaller, more personal stories.
They were extremely into religion without being extreme.
Chosen by Geethanjali Tupps, CT Global books editor.
News
As novelists embrace entrepreneurship, they find ways to take more control.
And other news briefs from Christians around the world.
But a recent ECFA study can’t quantify intangible signs of growth.
More from this Issue
Books invite us to ask questions, ponder, and even change our minds.
