Jul
03
2012
World Magazine’s Book/s of the Year
In the recent “Book Issue” of World Magazine, Marvin Olasky names Rodney Stark’s The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion (HarperOne) World’s Book of the Year.
Here are his two runner-ups:
- Robert Lupton, Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help—And How to Reverse It (HarperOne)
- Lawrence Mead, From Prophecy to Charity: How to Help the Poor (AEI)
And here are the other books rounding up Olasky’s top 10 (click on the date for his articles where the books are mentioned and discussed):
- Charles Murray, Coming Apart (Crown Forum)
- D.A. Carson, The Intolerance of Tolerance (Eerdmans); May 5
- Christian History Project, Volume 10, We the People: A.D. 1600 to 1800 (SEARCH); June 16
- Kevin DeYoung & Greg Gilbert, What Is the Mission of the Church? (Crossway); June 16
- William Farley, Gospel-Powered Humility (P&R); May 5
- Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel (Random House); June 30
- Phillip Simpson, A Life of Gospel Peace: A Biography of Jeremiah Burroughs (Reformation Heritage Books); April 21