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Joshua Hordern. Political Affections. Civic Participation and Moral Theology . Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. x + 312 pp. $99.00/₤64.99 How might theology contribute to reflection upon the recognized democratic deficit of western political societies?...

Shane Lems, The Doctrines of Grace: Student Edition. Phillipsburg , NJ : P&R Publishing, 2014. 143 pp. $9.99/₤6.99 In recent years the so-called Five Points of Calvinism have received increased attention and adherence. The Five Points seem to have a growing number of defenders, or at least...

Nicholas M. Healy, Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014. 142 pp. $23.00/£16.99 Stanley Hauerwas has his share of critics, but there is something wonderfully uncommon about this book. The writing is fresh, relentless, and incisive. Healy writes as a systematic...

Douglas F. Kelly. Systematic Theology, Grounded in Holy Scripture and Understood in Light of the Church , Volume Two: The Beauty of Christ: A Trinitarian Vision . Mentor, 2014. 567 pages. $39.99/£24.99 A number of systematic theologies have appeared in recent years from highly respected figures...

Fallen: A Theology of Sin. Theology in Community . Edited by Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. Wheaton: Crossway, 2013. 320 pp. $19.99/£12.99 One might not expect to walk away from a book on the theology of sin feeling very edified or upbeat, but as I considered my many positive...

Jan De Bruijn. Abraham Kuyper: a Pictorial Biography . Grand Rapids, MI/ Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 2014, x + 418pp, $40.00/₤25.99 From the cover of James Bratt's recent and fine biography, Abraham Kuyper's eyes look out at you and ask the question: 'Are you my rival or my subordinate?' Jan De Bruijn...

David Hollinger, After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History. Princeton, Princeton University Press 2013, ix + 248pp. $24.99/£17.99 The trajectory of mainline American religion has suffered significantly since their peak in the 1950s. Decreases in number of...

Oliver Crisp, Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology . Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2014, 260 pages, $27.99/£21.99 Oliver Crisp has a deservedly high reputation for his clear expositions of Christian doctrine from an analytical and philosophical angle, notably in regard to the Incarnation...

Shayne Wheeler. The Briarpatch Gospel: Fearlessly Following Jesus Into the Thorny Places . Tyndale Momentum, 2013. iii + 257 pp. $14.99. Shayne Wheeler has written a wonderfully challenging, encouraging, and deeply personal work of pastoral theology. The Briarpatch Gospel challenges believers to...

James N. Anderson. What's Your Worldview? An Interactive Approach to Life's Big Questions . Wheaton, IL: Crossway. 112pp. $10.99 To say that books on worldviews are something of a cottage industry in evangelical circles would immediately stand me in good stead for the "Understatement of the Year"...