Thomas S. Kidd
Biography
Thomas S. Kidd earned a PhD at Notre Dame and has served as distinguished professor of history at Baylor University. Kidd wrote America's Religious History (2019) and wrote the foreword to Let Men Be Free (2022).
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A People So Favored of God, Second Edition
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“In this finely-grained and surprising study, George W. Harper argues convincingly that Boston churches in the era of the Great Awakening rose and fell on their pastors' commitment to effective care of their congregations. By examining closely the demographic characteristics of Boston's Congregational churches, Harper takes the Great Awakening beyond the Old Light/New Light theological split and allows us to see what was actually happening in the churches between pastors and parishioners.”
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“I am delighted to recommend An Infinite Fountain of Light. This book is an engaging and practical consideration of what Jonathan Edwards has to say to the twenty-first century. With characteristic insight, clarity, and Christian wisdom, George Marsden guides readers through the thought of one of Christianity's most brilliant and challenging theologians.”
Awakening the Evangelical Mind
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“Owen Strachan locates the birth of neo-evangelicalism in an improbable place: along the banks of the Charles River, in Harvard’s hallowed halls and Boston’s venerable Park Street Church. There, during the era of World War II, a formidable group of “Boston scholars” dreamed of fashioning an intellectually powerful movement that could help reach America for Christ. Anyone wanting to understand the continuing strength of evangelical faith in America should read this fascinating book.”
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“Broadcasting the Faith offers a searching history of religion’s role in the ‘golden age’ of radio. As American Christians eagerly but uncritically embraced radio preaching and music, Michael Pohlman persuasively contends that they were opening the door, often unintentionally, to multifaceted theological problems, and perhaps to the secularization of faith itself.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“I am pleased to recommend David Dockery and Christopher Morgan’s excellent Christian Higher Education. This comprehensive collection of essays on evangelical education across the disciplines deserves a place on every Christian educator’s bookshelf.”
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“Sarah Miglio’s marvelous Civilizing the World freshly illuminates the complex connections between evangelicals, Social Gospellers, missions, and social reform. Through her remarkable archival research into Progressive-era Chicago, Miglio introduces a broad, activist cohort of ‘Practical Christians’ and overturns a host of stereotypes and clichés about her subject. This book is a model of original historical writing.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Christians talk a lot about cultural engagement, but our dismal record in recent decades suggests that our engagement strategies need a lot of work. In this provocative and timely book, Joshua Chatraw and Karen Swallow Prior have convened a wide-ranging cast of authors to debate the most pressing issues facing the church today.”
Theology
“Richard F. Lovelace is a rare Christian scholar who combines deep historical insight with urgent passion for renewal in the contemporary church. I am delighted that his landmark book Dynamics of Spiritual Life will be available to inspire a new generation of readers.”
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“heart and hands” behind Britain’s movement to abolish slavery, Hannah More deserves long-overdue recognition as one of the great moral reformers of her time. Karen Swallow Prior’s fascinating biography Fierce Convictions restores her to just that place, alongside John Newton and William Wilberforce. This compelling book is a must-read for anyone interested in how people of faith can make a real difference in their world.”
French Calvinism in the Sixteenth Century
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“French Calvinism in the Sixteenth Century offers a series of compelling biographies of leaders of the Reformation in France, which had one of the most influential yet tragic national traditions within the Protestant movement. I am happy to recommend this important book.”
George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles
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“In this gem of a book, Timothy Larsen uses the delightful and moving writings of George MacDonald to open surprising new vistas on the religious world of Victorian Britain. I recommend it highly.”
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“I heartily recommend Nathan Finn’s brisk and thoughtful History: A Student’s Guide. I do not know of a better introduction to historical studies, or a more cogent assessment of how Christians should think about history.”
I Am a Pilgrim, a Traveler, a Stranger
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“Drawing upon deep archival research and newly available sources, John Hubers' I Am a Pilgrim, a Traveler, a Stranger delivers a much-needed, fresh analysis of the life and ministry of Pliny Fisk, the first Protestant American missionary to the Middle East.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“With rare pastoral and theological insight, Alex Fogleman’s Making Disciples shows why catechesis has such deep roots in Christian history, and how it can once again fuel the life of the church today.”
Christian Living
“Reinke takes us well beyond the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ to explore John Newton’s stirring pastoral ministry and soaring vision of the believer’s life in Christ. I am delighted to recommend this book.”
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“Sean McGever's Ownership offers a timely discussion of a most perplexing issue: early evangelicals' involvement with slavery. McGever's thought-provoking analysis is thoroughly historical, and yet it also considers how Christians today can apply such difficult lessons from the past.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Paul Gutacker's Practicing Life Together is a treasure trove of wisdom and guidance for community life among Christians. I highly recommend this book to pastors, small group leaders, and any Christians who desire the steady and substantial relationships that the Bible portrays as normative in the church.”
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“At the outset of this book George Marsden makes the simple but profound observation that the United States is ‘both remarkably religious and remarkably profane.’ This organizing principle helps make his Religion and American Culture an astute, accessible, and wonderful introduction to the fascinating puzzle of American religious history.”
Christian Living
“Andrew Wilson’s extraordinary Remaking the World delivers a gripping history of how the seeds of the post-Christian West were sown in the late eighteenth century. It is an intellectual tour de force and a model of Christian scholarship.”
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