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The Christianity Today 2007 Book Awards are in. Here are the top books arranged by category.

• Apologetics/Evangelism - The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief; by Francis S. Collins (Free Press)
• Biblical Studies - Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony; by Richard Bauckham (Eerdmans)
• Christianity and Culture - The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World, by Miroslav Volf (Eerdmans)
• Christian Living - Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?; by Philip Yancey (Zondervan)
• The Church/ Pastoral Leadership - Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples; by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger (B&H Publishing)
• Fiction - Dwelling Places; by Vinita Hampton Wright (HarperSanFrancisco)
• History/Biography - Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War; by Harry S. Stout (Viking)
• Missions/Global Affairs - The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative; by Christopher J. H. Wright (IVP Academic)
• Spirituality - The Divine Embrace: Recovering the Passionate Spiritual Life; by Robert E. Webber (Baker Books)
• Theology/Ethics - The Shadow of the Antichrist: Nietzsche’s Critique of Christianity; by Stephen N. Williams (Baker Academic)

Awards of Merit:

• Apologetics/Evangelism - Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense; by N. T. Wright (HarperSanFrancisco)
• Biblical Studies - The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made; by Mark Dever (Crossway)
• Christianity and Culture (tie) -
  • Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical’s Inside View of White Christianity; by Edward Gilbreath (IVP Books)
  • Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church; by James K. A. Smith (Baker Academic)
• Christian Living (tie) -
  • The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’ Essential Teachings on Discipleship; by Dallas Willard (HarperSanFrancisco)
  • Jesus Mean and Wild: The Unexpected Love of an Untamable God; by Mark Galli (Baker Books)
• The Church/Pastoral Leadership - Why Church Matters: Worship, Ministry and Mission in Practice; by Jonathan R. Wilson (Brazos)
• Fiction - Winter Birds; by Jamie Langston Turner (Bethany House)
• History/Biography - A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan; by Michael Kazin (Knopf)
• Missions/Global Affairs - The New Faces of Christianity: Believing in the Bible in the Global South; by Philip Jenkins (Oxford)
• Spirituality - Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading; by Eugene H. Peterson (Eerdmans)
• Theology/ Ethics - Evil and the Justice of God; by N. T. Wright (IVP Books)

So, have you read any of these? What are your thoughts?