George Marsden

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Christian Living

“Are Christians using technology to transform the world or is technology transforming Christians in unhealthy ways? Especially since the era of Franklin and Jefferson, when inventing things and technological ways of organizing things became a way of life, Christians have needed to be alert to such questions. Tony Reinke’s reflections on the smartphone offer helpful advice as to how people today need to be vigilant regarding the impact of their favorite new technologies.”

A Documentary History of Religion in America

History & Biography

“A classic is now even better. One could hardly imagine a combination better suited than Mark Noll and Heath Carter to update Edwin Gaustad’s much admired collection. Noll brings his unsurpassed knowledge of the field and Carter adds perspectives that are engaging a younger generation of historians. Many of the new additions are fascinating reading just in themselves. Teachers of American religious history will find this text ideally suited to their needs.”

A Future for American Evangelicalism

“Harold Heie is an admirable leader in advocating that evangelicals should combine their firm commitments with Christian virtues such as generosity, respect, and humility toward those who differ from them. That has been the premise of his valuable 'Respectful Conversations' website from which many of the insights in this book are drawn. Anyone who wants to know the state of the conversation about American evangelicalism will find this volume to be an excellent resource.”

A Patterned Life

History & Biography

“Everyone who knows David Bebbington has a David Bebbington story. Now, we have the David Bebbington story. It is told with grace by his wife, Eileen. She provides, in the Bebbington manner, a thorough and illuminating account. All who have learned from David and his remarkable work will appreciate it.”

Abraham Kuyper

History & Biography

“Bratt has done a marvelous job of setting Kuyper's multifaceted interests, activities, and ideas in their historical contexts. With wit and insight Bratt depicts Kuyper not only as a great man but also as a real person of his times, complete with faults and blind spots that Calvinists recognize as inevitable even among their saints.”

Academic Freedom and Christian Scholarship

Discipleship & Christian Education

“President Diekema shows — contrary to some current opinion — how firm commitment to academic freedom can operate within the context of firm commitment to a religious faith. His reflections are clear, well informed, and balanced. His insights and proposals should be important resources for administrators and faculty at any institution that is serious about maintaining both faith and freedom.”

Academically Speaking

History & Biography

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

An Invitation to Joy

Christian Living

“Daniel Denk’s winsome and thoughtful reflections on the place of joy in Christian life are illuminating and enriching. It is a book that will be appreciated not only in the reading but also for the lasting reminders to cultivate joy in all that one does.”

Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953

History & Biography

“John McIntosh sets the portraits of these three principals of Moore College, Sydney, on a much larger canvas. One comes away not only with a clear understanding of the thought of each, but also with a nuanced account of how they fit into the larger picture of British thought and theology in the rich and pivotal era of the first half of the twentieth century.”

Awakening the Evangelical Mind

History & Biography

“an important dimension for the new evangelical movement associated with Billy Graham and continues to have significant effects through the institutions shaped by that generation. Strachan introduces new material for telling this story and tells the story well.”

Becoming C. S. Lewis

History & Biography

“Many fans of C. S. Lewis will savor having so much detail on his early years gathered together in one biography. This portrait of an artist as a young man is based on remarkably rich information that we have concerning Lewis’s formative experiences and influences. Harry Lee Poe adds much helpful context and commentary.”

Believe Me

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“For those who think the embrace of Trump by the ‘court evangelicals’ might be an example of yielding to the political temptation that Jesus resisted (Matt. 4:8–10), this is the book to read. Noted evangelical historian John Fea provides a thoughtful and engaging account and critique of how this unlikely alliance came to be.”

C. S. Lewis in America

History & Biography

“Mark Noll offers the definitive account of Lewis's reception in mid-twentieth-century America. He skillfully uses that story as a window on the overall state of Christianity in America during an era.”

California Dreaming

“Anyone with a curiosity about California will find matters to savor in this engaging volume. The essays reflect the moral seriousness of their authors and also offer accessible windows to contemplate some of the many diversities of a truly remarkable state.”

Civilizing the World

History & Biography

“In this important study, Sarah Miglio offers us a window on a lost era in American religious history. She recounts more fully than has been done previously how, before the polarization of the fundamentalist era, revivalist evangelicals could cooperate with liberal Protestants and secularists in practical Christian charity and social reform at home and abroad.”

Covenant of Redemption in the Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Dutch Calvinism in Modern America

History & Biography

“A rare combination of scholarship and wit. Delightful for anyone seeking insight on the Dutch in modern America.”

Engaging God's World

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Cornelius Plantinga, as usual, has done a masterful job.”

For Shame

Philosophy

“With many clear examples, Ten Elshof does an outstanding job of sorting out the many meanings of shame. He clarifies the important issue of when shame is a healthy emotion that communities should encourage and when it is not. One might think that shame is not an important topic today until, as Ten Elshof points out, we consider how much our culture celebrates shamelessness and at the same time increasingly allows shaming.”

From the Margins

History & Biography

“Donald Dayton's writings on the history of American evangelicalism combine impressive learning with a passion for the relevance of scholarship. His challenging interpretations have helped many others of us to rethink things from fresh perspectives.”