Marsden and Hart, Noll and Stout, and more.

Some highly subjective awards for 2005.

We open the New Year with a look back at the films of 2005. Here are the Top Ten lists of B&C regulars Roy Anker and Peter Chattaway.

Books for the eye.

Why I didn't like the hymns and praise songs we were singing—and why I was missing the point.

A charming bedside miscellany, a new novel by P. D. James, and much more.

Some more keepers from 2005.

Part one of our 2005 roundup.

A parable of community.

A report from AAR/SBL.

Lessons in "respectful conversation."

The lessons of Herman Kahn.

David McCullough's account of the pivotal year 1776 has resonance for Americans in 2005.

Think you're burned out on memoirs? Read this book.

Perhaps war really is hell.

If Latin died in our mouths, we'd just stop talking.

The Ascension has been forgotten in many Protestant churches, jettisoning an essential part of the Christian story.

A report on Baylor's Art & Soul conference, version 2005.

The 2005 Spring Training preview.