Molly Worthen

A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada

History & Biography

“This sweeping account of Christian life and thought in the US and Canada is an indispensable guide for the uninitiated student and the veteran researcher alike. Noll weaves lively personal histories together with deft surveys of institutions and movements to trace the tangle of religion, politics, and culture from European settlement into the twenty-first century. He proves beyond a doubt that we cannot understand either stream of North American civilization unless we study them side by side.”

Academically Speaking

History & Biography

“Few educators can match Rick Ostrander for deep experience at an astoundingly wide range of universities and colleges, in both teaching and leadership. His candid and subtle memoir is a journey through some of the most interesting moments in the last half-century of Christian higher education; it’s full of lessons on where Christian teachers, students and administrators have been, and where they’re heading.”

Bad Faith

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Randall Balmer minces no words in this immensely useful and clarifying book. Bad Faith draws a sharp plot line out of the messy story of American evangelicalism and forces readers to confront hard truths about the role of racism in the history of the modern Christian Right.”

Hidden Mercy

History & Biography

“O'Loughlin introduces us to so many unsung heroes of the AIDS crisis, and their lives vividly showcase the compassion and the cruelty that coexist in one community. A harrowing and deeply personal story.”

One Soul at a Time

History & Biography

“This fast-paced biography cuts through Billy Graham mythology to reveal who the great evangelist really was as a human individual.”

Priests of History

History & Biography

“Sarah Irving-Stonebraker makes the case for historical study as an indispensable part of the Christian—indeed, the human—experience. In this wide-ranging and imaginative book, she exposes just how dysfunctional our modern relationship with history has become and models how to engage the past with humility, curiosity, and moral conviction.”

The Gospel After Christendom

Apologetics

“This volume brings together some of today’s most creative Christian thinkers to tackle the problem of how to make the case for faith to cynical, secular Westerners who think they’ve already heard it all. The result is both an encouragement and a challenge to twenty-first-century believers.”

The Liturgy of Politics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This is a clear-eyed look at the forces of spiritual formation inside and outside of church—and the political discipleship that American Christians too often accept without thinking about it. Schiess offers a powerful call to examine hidden assumptions and false idols, and to explore the whole two thousand years of Christian tradition in order to breathe new life into twenty-first-century evangelicalism.”

The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism

History & Biography

“A tremendous achievement, based on meticulous research and bold synthesis. Thanks to Dan Hummel, we can finally understand how these influential ideas moved through North American culture and politics.”

To Think Christianly

History & Biography

“This important new book tells the story of a cultural force that observers of American evangelicalism have generally underestimated: the Christian study center movement. Beginning with the 1950s, Cotherman painstakingly traces the intellectual networks, alliances, and struggles among evangelical thought leaders, evangelists, and professors who have been eager to rethink conservative Christian engagement with the life of the mind. He adds complexity and richness to our understanding of Christian intellectual life in modern America.”