‘Christianity Today’ Announces Book Award Winners

Dec 03, 2025

Christian magazine Christianity Today (CT) has announced the winners of its annual CT Book Awards. The winners were reviewed and ranked by a panel of judges, including theologians, pastors, novelists, and other cultural figures. 

This year, CT has named The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism (Zondervan Reflective) by Brad Edwards as its 2025 Book of the Year. Robert S. Smith’s The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory (Lexham Academic) received the magazine’s Award of Merit.

CT also named winners across 15 categories:

  • Apologetics and Evangelism: The Body God Gives by Robert S. Smith
  • Biblical Studies: Jesus and the Law of Moses (Baker Academic) by Paul T. Sloan
  • Bible and Devotional: Reading the Psalms as Scripture (Lexham Press) by James M. Hamilton Jr. and Matthew Damico
  • Children: The Good Shepherd and the Stubborn Sheep (Zonderkidz) by Hannah E. Harrison
  • Young Adults: The Outsider: Ruth: A Retelling (The Good Book Company) by Katy Morgan
  • Christian Living and Spiritual Formation: Ask of Old Paths (Zondervan Reflective) by Grace Hamman
  • Church and Pastoral Leadership: The Reason for Church (Zondervan Reflective) by Brad Edwards
  • Culture, Poetry, and the Arts: Art Is: A Journey into the Light (Yale University Press) by Makato Fujimura
  • Fiction: The Collector of Burned Books (Tyndale) by Roseanna M. White
  • History and Biography: The Beechers (Louisiana State University Press) by Obbie Tyler Todd
  • Marriage, Family, and Singleness: Good News for Parents (Crossway) by Adam Griffin
  • Missions and the Global Church: Pieces of Purple (independently published) by Michèle Phoenix
  • Politics and Public Life: The Dignity of Dependence (University of Notre Dame Press) by Leah Libresco Sargeant
  • Theology (Academic): Prophet, Priest, and King (Zondervan Academic), ed. by Michael S. Horton, Elizabeth W. Mburu, and Justin S. Holcomb
  • Theology (Popular): The Cost of Ambition (Brazos Press) by Miroslav Volf

To learn more about the winners and see CT’s full list of finalists, click here.

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