Gary Thomas has enjoyed considerable success as an author since he graduated from Regent College in 1988 – and he will be back to launch his new book, at an event sponsored by Regent Bookstore February 24. Following is an…
Were missionaries an integral part of the colonial enterprise? Were they simply swept up in it? Or were they on-the-ground critics? Those are the themes that engage most books on the topic, often from academic presses, these days. Those works…
This is my first local books round-up of 2026, covering 11 recent books from the Christian community. As always, there is a wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. W. Ross Hastings:…
When we consider the modern missionary movement, we usually think of places like Africa, Asia and Latin America, where its impact has been dramatic. They are now the centre of world Christianity, while the faith has weakened to varying degrees…
It is with great sadness that we share news of the death of Luci Shaw, known to the Regent community as a longtime Writer-in-Residence, the Poetry Editor of CRUX, a former Board of Governors member and a treasured friend. Luci died…
This is my fifth local books round-up of 2025, covering 12 recent books from the Christian community. Again there is a very wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Dennis & Tikvah…
Our church is in the middle of a library renaissance. It began when my wife and I were going through its books and found that 80 percent no longer served our congregation. After much sorting and recycling, we are learning…
Christian Smith: Why Religion Went Obsolete: the Demise of Traditional Faith in America (Oxford University Press, 2025) The purpose of this review is to extract a few nuggets and narrative strands from the massive surrounding overburden of numeric ore that…
Jonathan Anderson leads the Christianity and the Arts concentration at Regent College – but his new book is making an impact well beyond the school. A book launch for The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art (University of Notre Dame…
As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not, in recent years, received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors…