Anchored in the firm belief that truth is discovered in all of God’s creation, the reviews reveal an eagerness to engage with the very best thinking wherever it might be found, whether within Christian academe or outside of it. The reviews display a commitment to know ourselves-to know our history, to test, to investigate our intellectual and theological boundaries, and to shift those boundaries in interesting and helpful way when necessary, or to shore them up if needed. These patterns confirm and reinforce several of our commitments as Christian scholars. The Anglican don continues to be a resource for Christian engagement with culture nearly 60 years after his death.Īdditional topics are of continuing interest decade after decade: engagement with biological science (especially evolution), literature, the arts, psychology, history, biblical studies, theology, Christian higher education, and, of course, faith-learning integration. Books by or about Lewis have been reviewed in its pages some 41 times over the last 50 years. Lewis in its pages would be prima facie evidence. In addition, if the pages of CSR book reviews are any indication of the evangelical commitment to its intellectual saints, the focus on C.
Noll holds the record for the author with the most books reviewed in CSR during that time.
For example, over the years CSR reviewers have focused their attention on 12 different books written, in whole or in part, by the historian Mark Noll, whose historical insights have deeply informed evangelical self-understanding. It will come as no surprise that books that explore evangelical identity-its history, its boundaries, its engagement with the culture-are of continuing concern. While some subjects come and go with the intellectual winds of each decade, certain topics are of enduring interest to CSR and its readers. Such diversity is solid evidence of Christian engagement with the academic issues of our times. While perusing the list of books reviewed over the decades, one is struck by the breadth of topics. In the intervening decades, CSR has reviewed over 3,000 books, providing a vital resource for our readers and a window into Christian scholarship. Moore’s look at The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020). The final review of its first 50 years was T.
Thomas Molnar’s review of Albert Camus and Christianity by Jean Onimus (University of Alabama Press, 1970) was CSR’s first book review.
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