book reviews
Glen L. Thompson. JingJao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (2024).
Andrew F. Walls (ed. Brian Stanley). The Missionary Movement from the West: A Biography from Birth to Old Age (2023).
Jolene Erlacher and Katy White. Mobilizing GenZ: Challenges and Opportunities for the Global Age of Missions (2022).
J. Patout Burns, Augustine's Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ (2022).
Vince Bantu, A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity (2020).
Kevin Ward. A History of Global Anglicanism (2006).
Eric O. Jacobsen. Three Pieces of Glass: Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens (2020).
Andrew Wilson. Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship (2019).
Brian Stanley. Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History (2018).
Greg Peters. The Monkhood of All Believers: The Monastic Foundation of Christian Spirituality (2018).
Andrew F. Walls. Crossing Cultural Frontiers: Studies in the History of World Christianity (2017).
Hans Boersma. Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (2017).
William Edgar. Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture (2016).
Allen Kreider. The Patient Ferment of the Early Church (2016).
George Demacopoulos. Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome (2015).
Craig Ott, ed. The Mission of the Church: Five Views in Conversation (2016).
Henning Wrogemann. Intercultural Hermeneutics (2016).
Douglas Jacobsen. Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents (2015).
David Shenk. Christian.Muslim.Friend: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship (2014).
Scott W. Sunquist. The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000 (2015).
Greg Peters. The Story of Monasticism: Retrieving an Ancient Tradition for Contemporary Spirituality (2015).
Todd M. Johnson and Cindy Wu. Our Global Families: Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World (2016).
Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi and Justo L. Gonzalez. To All Nations from All Nations: A History of the Christian Missionary Movement (2013).
Andrew B. McGowan. Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective (2014).
J. Patout Burns and Robin M. Jensen. Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs (2014).
Stephen M. Hildebrand. Basil of Caesarea (2014).
Scott W. Sunquist. Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory (2013).
Scott McKnight. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church (2014).
Nicki Verploegen. From Monks to Missionaries: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition (2013).
Kelly Kapic. A Little Book for New Theologians (2012).
John Fea. Why Study History: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past (2013).
Andrew Louth. Introducing Eastern Orthodoxy (2013).
Brian Stanley. Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott (2013).
Christopher A. Hall. Worshiping with the Church Fathers (2009).
Matthew Levering. The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works (2013).
William Harmless. Augustine in His Own Words (2010).
Robert Louis Wilken. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (2012).
David Dunaetz. The Early Religious History of France: An Introduction for Church Planters and Missionaries (2012).
Carl Trueman. The Creedal Imperative (2012).
Tom Steffen. The Facilitator Era: Beyond Pioneer Church Multiplication (2011).
Thomas C. Oden. The African Memory of Mark: Reassessing Early Church Tradition (2011).
Patrick Johnstone. The Future of the Global Church: History, Trends, and Possibilities (2011).
Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green, eds. Global Theology In Evangelical Perspective: Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission (2012).
Thomas C. Oden. Early Libyan Christianity: Uncovering a North African Tradition (2011)
Peter J. Leithart. Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom (2010).
Mark A. Noll. The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith (2009).
Mark Shaw. Global Awakening: How 20th-Century Revivals Triggered a Christian Revolution (2010).
Craig Ott, Steve Strauss, and Timothy Tennent. Encountering Theology of Mission (2010).
Timothy C. Tennent. Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Theology of Mission for the Twenty-first Century (2010).
George Demacopoulos. Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church (2007).
Thomas C. Oden. How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity (2008).
Susan R. Holman, ed. Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society (2008).
Martin I. Klauber and Scott Manetsch, eds. The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Missions (2008).
Bryan M. Litfin. Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction (2007).
Gilbert Meilaender. The Way that Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life (2006).
Andrew F. Walls (ed. Brian Stanley). The Missionary Movement from the West: A Biography from Birth to Old Age (2023).
Jolene Erlacher and Katy White. Mobilizing GenZ: Challenges and Opportunities for the Global Age of Missions (2022).
J. Patout Burns, Augustine's Preached Theology: Living as the Body of Christ (2022).
Vince Bantu, A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity (2020).
Kevin Ward. A History of Global Anglicanism (2006).
Eric O. Jacobsen. Three Pieces of Glass: Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens (2020).
Andrew Wilson. Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship (2019).
Brian Stanley. Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History (2018).
Greg Peters. The Monkhood of All Believers: The Monastic Foundation of Christian Spirituality (2018).
Andrew F. Walls. Crossing Cultural Frontiers: Studies in the History of World Christianity (2017).
Hans Boersma. Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (2017).
William Edgar. Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture (2016).
Allen Kreider. The Patient Ferment of the Early Church (2016).
George Demacopoulos. Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome (2015).
Craig Ott, ed. The Mission of the Church: Five Views in Conversation (2016).
Henning Wrogemann. Intercultural Hermeneutics (2016).
Douglas Jacobsen. Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents (2015).
David Shenk. Christian.Muslim.Friend: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship (2014).
Scott W. Sunquist. The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000 (2015).
Greg Peters. The Story of Monasticism: Retrieving an Ancient Tradition for Contemporary Spirituality (2015).
Todd M. Johnson and Cindy Wu. Our Global Families: Christians Embracing Common Identity in a Changing World (2016).
Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi and Justo L. Gonzalez. To All Nations from All Nations: A History of the Christian Missionary Movement (2013).
Andrew B. McGowan. Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective (2014).
J. Patout Burns and Robin M. Jensen. Christianity in Roman Africa: The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs (2014).
Stephen M. Hildebrand. Basil of Caesarea (2014).
Scott W. Sunquist. Understanding Christian Mission: Participation in Suffering and Glory (2013).
Scott McKnight. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church (2014).
Nicki Verploegen. From Monks to Missionaries: Schools of Spirituality in the Christian Tradition (2013).
Kelly Kapic. A Little Book for New Theologians (2012).
John Fea. Why Study History: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past (2013).
Andrew Louth. Introducing Eastern Orthodoxy (2013).
Brian Stanley. Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott (2013).
Christopher A. Hall. Worshiping with the Church Fathers (2009).
Matthew Levering. The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works (2013).
William Harmless. Augustine in His Own Words (2010).
Robert Louis Wilken. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (2012).
David Dunaetz. The Early Religious History of France: An Introduction for Church Planters and Missionaries (2012).
Carl Trueman. The Creedal Imperative (2012).
Tom Steffen. The Facilitator Era: Beyond Pioneer Church Multiplication (2011).
Thomas C. Oden. The African Memory of Mark: Reassessing Early Church Tradition (2011).
Patrick Johnstone. The Future of the Global Church: History, Trends, and Possibilities (2011).
Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green, eds. Global Theology In Evangelical Perspective: Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission (2012).
Thomas C. Oden. Early Libyan Christianity: Uncovering a North African Tradition (2011)
Peter J. Leithart. Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom (2010).
Mark A. Noll. The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith (2009).
Mark Shaw. Global Awakening: How 20th-Century Revivals Triggered a Christian Revolution (2010).
Craig Ott, Steve Strauss, and Timothy Tennent. Encountering Theology of Mission (2010).
Timothy C. Tennent. Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Theology of Mission for the Twenty-first Century (2010).
George Demacopoulos. Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church (2007).
Thomas C. Oden. How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity (2008).
Susan R. Holman, ed. Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society (2008).
Martin I. Klauber and Scott Manetsch, eds. The Great Commission: Evangelicals and the History of World Missions (2008).
Bryan M. Litfin. Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction (2007).
Gilbert Meilaender. The Way that Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life (2006).
