A panel of judges from Christianity Today chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books published in 2007 that "that best shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission."  Here is a list of the winners that TSCPL owns, with a comments from the Christianity Today judges. Click here for a complete list of the winners and nominees.


APOLOGETICS/EVANGELISM

There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind by Antony Flew with Roy Abraham Varghese
Judges comment: "Makes the philosophical search for God both accessible and exciting."


CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE

Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite by D. Michael Lindsay
Judges comment: "A lucid and well-documented survey."


CHRISTIAN LIVING

Caring For Mother: A Daughter's Long Goodbye by Virginia Stem Owens
Judges comment: "Honesty, simplicity, and openness to the hard, deep lessons that age, dementia, and death offer those who come alongside."


FICTION

Quaker Summer by Lisa Sampson
Judges comment: "Samson shines with themes of grace, purpose, and the emptiness of what we call success."  (Note: I've read this and I agree whole-heartedly!)


HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Judges comment: "Massive and erudite, yet moving."


SPIRITUALITY

The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways that Jesus is the Way by Eugene Peterson
Judges comment: "Draws readers into a bold and knowledgeable conversation on the ways we go about following Jesus—and the ways we do not."