
Transgender – a review
With transgender issues raising difficult questions, this book from Vaughan Roberts offers a helpful introduction.
With transgender issues raising difficult questions, this book from Vaughan Roberts offers a helpful introduction.
The sexual revolution has failed to live up to its promises. This book looks at how the Christian view offers a better story.
Yuval Noah Harari’s 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' is a fascinating book, yet there are also deep flaws.
Seven book recommendations for giving to non-Christians.
Yuval Noah Harari's wide-ranging book offers fascinating insights. But it also contains unspoken assumptions and unexamined biases.
When I settled down to read Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, I was surprised at just how much of his book I agreed with. And…
Tim Keller's new book explores the question of how anyone in our age of scepticism could believe in Christianity.
Stephen Nichols’ short book is a helpful introduction to answering hard questions with grace and truth.
John Dickson's book 'Bullies and Saints' examines the dark and light of church history.
An in-depth engagement with historian Tom Holland's account of Christianity's lasting impact on thinking and morality of the West.
An in-depth look at Jordan Peterson's 'antidote to chaos'.
In 'Can Science Explain everything?' John Lennox shows that science sits more comfortably within the Christian worldview than in atheism.
Religion and Science are often seen as entirely separate – this book tries to bring them together.
Read this book if you want to be prepared to speak to anyone interested in why they can trust the accounts they read in the Gospels. And…
Larry Hurtado's book 'Destroyer of the Gods' examines the characteristics of Christianity that set it apart from the Roman world.
James N Anderson provides a real, concrete analysis of the reasons Christianity makes most sense of the world.
Christopher Ash opens up what the Bible says about the tricky question of suffering.
This is an outstanding and important book. It is an exposition and defence of the Christian hope, drawing heavily on Wright’s more…
Philosopher and former atheist Antony Flew shares his thoughts on Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion'.
This extended review provides some excellent responses to arguments that Sagan used and which keep cropping up today.
Engaging with Atheists is written to help Christians understand the questions and issues atheists raise.
Readers of EN may remember a previous article where I reviewed several books by Bart Ehrman. I observed that Ehrman had previously been a…
Is Jesus History? by Professor John Dickson explores how the life of Jesus and the claims of the Bible intersect with sources from the…
How can we engage well with Muslim friends? In this book, Samuel Green offers an approach that begins with what they know about…
Are we nothing more than the result of neurons firing? Brain scientist Sharon Dirckx's concise book explores the issue from a Christian…
Thomas Aquinas had an enormous influence on Christian thought. In this short book, K Scott Oliphint analyses and critiques Aquinas' thought.
This short book explores whether we can be confident in the truth in our post-truth age.
Alister McGrath's 'Inventing the Universe' argues that science and religion are not in opposition, they are complementary 'maps of reality'.
Timothy Shultz's book 'Disciple Making Among Hindus' is the fruit of over 30 years sharing the gospel in India.
In this book, the authors encourage students to join them in the effort to reclaim and advance the Christian intellectual tradition.
In this book, Philip Ryken sets out the need for students to take a distinctively Christian approach to their studies – and all of life.
Andrew Walker looks at what the Bible says about the questions and issues surrounding gender identity.
Alister McGrath breaks down the myth that science and religion are incompatible, encouraging us to explore the two collaboratively.
This book urgently seeks a recovery of Christian persuasion, 'a way of apologetics that is as profound as the good news we announce'.
This comprehensive exploration of the history and mechanics of human curiosity argues that “Science swims in the slipstream of ultimate…
This engaging book uses a 'choose your own adventure' format to help readers discover their fundamental beliefs about reality.
Never been to church? Been away from church for a while? This helpful book explores why it's worth going to church.
Are sceptics really as sceptical as they claim? In this book, Mitch Stokes calls on atheists and Christians alike to be more sceptical.
John Lennox delivers his critique of Stephen Hawking's arguments in The Grand Design and explains why, despite its media hype, neither God…
After several ‘best-selling’ books by well-known atheists attacking religion, John Humphrys has responded with this highly…
This small book gives us a well-researched critique of the Common Word letter sent by 138 Muslim leaders to the Christian church. It then…
Bart D. Ehrman is a world expert in the textual criticism of the New Testament who has recently written a best-selling book entitled…
In Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?, Andy Bannister compares the world’s two largest religions, getting beyond the…
This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.
In this book, Dan Strange highlights five compelling questions the world constantly attempts to answer – whether it’s aware of it or not.
An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters
Marcus K Paul's book 'The Evil That Men Do' offers a more balanced view of church history; acknowledging the good as well as the bad.
Andy Crouch’s award-winning book examines what a Christian posture towards human culture should look like.
Justin Brierley reflects on why he is still a Christian after ten years on hosting debates with atheists
Greg Koukl defends the reasonableness and beauty of the Christian story, and reveals what's lacking in alternative accounts of reality.
This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.
Tom Wright explains what the Bible is and why it's worth reading.
Anthony Thiselton introduces key thinkers and ideas within philosophy of religion through the centuries.
Ruth Bancewicz sets out to help scientists understand how their Christian faith and scientific research can complement one another.
What should motivate us to be good? This book examines four possible answers.
This unique introductory book is a wonderful gateway into a world of insight, inquiry and love.
With 815,000 Hindus in the UK, how can Christians effectively understand and engage with them?
What has authority to help us to know truly? This book explores questions of how we can really know what reality is like.
Nabeel Qureshi, a former muslim, weighs up the evidence for both Islam and Christianity.
How can Christians respond to questions about 'transgender' issues?
This is a ‘wham-bam, take it or leave it’ book. Prof. Grayling issues terse, often idiosyncratic, definitions without…
A.C. Grayling discusses the arguments in his book The God Argument with Peter S. Williams on Justin Brierley's 'Unbelievable?' radio…
A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (Free Press, 2012), by cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss, has been lauded…
We live in an age where a lot of emphasis is placed on instantaneous success. Sadly this level of unreal expectation has permeated…
Links to further resources to follow up on the bethinking booklet which asks 'How can God allow suffering?'
This is a book that encourages as it informs, helping its readers as we seek to understand something of God and His ways. Its four parts…
The creation of a simple bacterium with completely synthetic genetic material by Craig Venter and co-workers last year created a huge wave…
Mark Stibbe’s latest book focuses on John’s resurrection account and offers an accessible, close reading of the passage which,…
This is a curious book. At one level it has an immediate appeal. Christians need to be challenging those of other religions and worldviews…
Paul Davies is a brilliant science writer. As an eminent physicist and cosmologist, he knows his subject matter with distinction. Better…
A review of Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…
A review of Nick Barham's Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew.
In our increasingly polarised world, this book argues for us to learn how to hold truths in tension.
In this academically robust but accessible book, Peter J Williams addresses the trustworthiness of the Gospels.
Former cold-case homicide detective J Warner Wallace applies his skills to training kids to do apologetics.
How should Christians relate to culture today? In 'Created and Creating', William Edgar explores this vital question.
This extensive study explores the debates around sexuality and identity, and argues that the Bible provides a more fulfilling model.
With young people drifting away from the church faster than ever, this book looks at ways to create a space where faith is seen as a…
“If Christianity is not true, then it’s not worth believing” - This book addresses common objections to Christian truth claims.
Review of a new book on Sharing Faith Using Social Media. The book also explores the use of different biblical paradigms for evangelism.
Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?
A review of Bart Ehrman's book claiming that many of the New Testament documents were falsely written under someone else's name.
Those who have read many of Norman Geisler’s earlier works will likely recognize that this book is major update of an earlier book,…
A.C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, begins his self-described ‘polemic’ against…
In this article, Peter S. Williams defends one of the key statements of Intelligent Design theory, namely that specified complexity…
Peter S. Williams offers his thoughts on philosopher A.C. Grayling's The Good Book: A Secular Bible. Note that Grayling lays his book out…
It is clear from reading The End of Faith that Sam Harris is a strong minded individual. He expresses his arguments so starkly that anyone…
This is a lovely little book. It is deliberately little; it is a shortened version of Dan Clark’s previous book Dead or Alive? I…
Rob Cook, who lectures at Redcliffe College, Gloucester, reviews Spirituality Without God: Buddhist Enlightenment and Christian…
Karen Armstrong was a Roman Catholic nun for seven years before she found she could no longer believe Catholic doctrines. She left her…
Creating a work of philosophy that is both deeply rich in meaning and accessible to a non-philosophically-trained audience is a daunting…
The Zondervan Counterpoints series continues to produce extremely valuable volumes of the two-, three-, four-, and five-views variety on…