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CAROL STREAM, Ill., March 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- For two decades, the annual Christianity Today Book Awards have recognized outstanding volumes that shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. Rather than naming one overall winner, 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 also recognized 11 awards of merit.
An online link to the awards--including judges' comments and other resources--will be posted at 10 a.m. Central Time on March 18, 2008, at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct.
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The 2008 CT Book Awards
Apologetics/Evangelism
THERE IS A GOD: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
Antony Flew with Roy Abraham Varghese (HarperOne)
Biblical Studies
THE JESUS LEGEND: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition
Paul Rhodes Eddy and Gregory A. Boyd (Baker Academic)
Christianity and Culture
FAITH IN THE HALLS OF POWER: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite
D. Michael Lindsay (Oxford)
Christian Living
CARING FOR MOTHER: A Daughter's Long Goodbye
Virginia Stem Owens (Westminster John Knox)
The Church/Pastoral Leadership
THE CALL TO JOY AND PAIN: Embracing Suffering in Your Ministry
Ajith Fernando (Crossway)
Fiction
QUAKER SUMMER
Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson)
History/Biography
A SECULAR AGE
Charles Taylor (Belknap)
Missions/Global Affairs
DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS: Pillars of World Christianity
Lamin O. Sanneh (Oxford)
Spirituality
THE JESUS WAY: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way
Eugene H. Peterson (Eerdmans)
Theology/Ethics
RESOUNDING TRUTH: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music
Jeremy S. Begbie (Baker Academic)
The 2008 CT Awards of Merit
Apologetics/Evangelism
QUESTIONS TO ALL YOUR ANSWERS: A Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith
Roger E. Olson (Zondervan)
Biblical Studies
COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
G. K. Beale and D. A. Carson (Baker Academic)
Christianity and Culture
AMISH GRACE: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher (Jossey-Bass)
Christian Living (tie)
AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG: Living Through the Lord's Prayer
Telford Work (Eerdmans)
GRACISM: The Art of Inclusion
David A. Anderson (InterVarsity)
The Church/Pastoral Leadership
THE DANGEROUS ACT OF WORSHIP: Living God's Call to Justice
Mark Labberton (InterVarsity)
Fiction
HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Jan Karon (Viking)
History/Biography
THE GREAT AWAKENING: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America
Thomas S. Kidd (Yale)
Missions/Global Affairs
THEOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY: How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think About and Discuss Theology
Timothy C. Tennent (Zondervan)
Spirituality
KINGDOM TRIANGLE: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit's Power
J. P. Moreland (Zondervan)
Theology/Ethics
DISCOVERING GOD: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief
Rodney Stark (HarperOne)
