The Christianity Today Book Awards 2006 APOLOGETICS/EVANGELISM Is Jesus The Only Savior? James R. Edwards (Eerdmans) BIBLICAL STUDIES Dictionary For Theological Interpretation Of The Bible Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N.T. Wright, eds. (Baker Academic) CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton (Oxford) Christian Living The Scandal Of The Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World? Ronald J. Sider (Baker) The Church/Pastoral Leadership The Art And Craft Of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson, eds. (Zondervan) Fiction This Heavy Silence Nicole Mazzarella (Paraclete) History/Biography The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis Alan Jacobs (HarperSanFrancisco) Missions/Global Affairs Contextualization In The New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission Dean E. Flemming (IVP) SPIRITUALITY Christ Plays In Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology Eugene H. Peterson (Eerdmans) THEOLOGY/ETHICS The Drama Of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Westminster John Knox) Awards of Merit APOLOGETICS/EVANGELISM So Much More: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality Debra Rienstra (Jossey-Bass) BIBLICAL STUDIES The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture N. T. Wright (HarperSanFrancisco) CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity Robert Wuthnow (Princeton) CHRISTIAN LIVING (tie) Finding Our Way Home: Turning Back to What Matters Most Mark R. McMinn (Jossey-Bass) Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity Lauren F. Winner (Brazos) THE CHURCH/PASTORAL LEADERSHIP Ministry In the Image Of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service Stephen Seamands (IVP) FICTION Startling Joy: Seven Magical Stories of Christmas James Calvin Schaap (Revell) HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY (tie) The Victory Of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success Rodney Stark (Random House) Why Study the Past? The Quest for the Historical Church Rowan Williams (Eerdmans) MISSIONS/GLOBAL AFFAIRS The Changing Face of World Missions: Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends Michael Pocock, Gailyn Van Rheenen, and Douglas McConnell, eds. (Baker Academic) SPIRITUALITY Born Again and Again: Surprising Gifts of a Fundamentalist Childhood Jon M. Sweeney (Paraclete) THEOLOGY/ETHICS Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom (Baker Academic)
BIBLICAL STUDIES Dictionary For Theological Interpretation Of The Bible Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N.T. Wright, eds. (Baker Academic)
The Church/Pastoral Leadership The Art And Craft Of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson, eds. (Zondervan)
Fiction This Heavy Silence Nicole Mazzarella (Paraclete)
History/Biography The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis Alan Jacobs (HarperSanFrancisco)
Missions/Global Affairs Contextualization In The New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission Dean E. Flemming (IVP)
THEOLOGY/ETHICS The Drama Of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Westminster John Knox)
APOLOGETICS/EVANGELISM So Much More: An Invitation to Christian Spirituality Debra Rienstra (Jossey-Bass)
BIBLICAL STUDIES The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture N. T. Wright (HarperSanFrancisco)
CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity Robert Wuthnow (Princeton)
CHRISTIAN LIVING (tie) Finding Our Way Home: Turning Back to What Matters Most Mark R. McMinn (Jossey-Bass) Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity Lauren F. Winner (Brazos)
THE CHURCH/PASTORAL LEADERSHIP Ministry In the Image Of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service Stephen Seamands (IVP)
FICTION Startling Joy: Seven Magical Stories of Christmas James Calvin Schaap (Revell)
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY (tie) The Victory Of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success Rodney Stark (Random House) Why Study the Past? The Quest for the Historical Church Rowan Williams (Eerdmans)
MISSIONS/GLOBAL AFFAIRS The Changing Face of World Missions: Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends Michael Pocock, Gailyn Van Rheenen, and Douglas McConnell, eds. (Baker Academic)
SPIRITUALITY Born Again and Again: Surprising Gifts of a Fundamentalist Childhood Jon M. Sweeney (Paraclete)
THEOLOGY/ETHICS Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom (Baker Academic)