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What are your nominations for best books this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus Creed Book of the Year (2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

R. Balmer,\u00a0Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter<\/em><\/a>. Mention former President Jimmy Carter and one is likely to get a response, and the most common is perhaps that Carter became\u00a0<\/span>more<\/em>\u00a0significant after his time at the White House than <\/span>during<\/em>\u00a0his presidency. He is the only President in American history who used his presidency as a stepping stone to a more expansive career. Future historians may well demonstrate that Carter\u2019s take on a number of issues \u2014 not least his routine questioning of our policies (one is tempted to write policings) and actions in the Middle East \u2014 was the wiser course. But what is perhaps most notable about President Carter is his (more or less) consistent application of his understanding of the Christian faith to public policy.\u00a0<\/span>This book combines exceptional prose, astute insight in Jimmy Carter\u2019s faith and its impact on his Presidency, and all set in Balmer\u2019s masterful perception of American evangelicalism. My best read of the year.<\/p>\n

Old Testament<\/p>\n

Iain Provan, Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

New Testament<\/p>\n

Richard Hays,\u00a0 Reading Backwards<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah Ruden,\u00a0Paul among the People<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Theology<\/p>\n

C.M. Date, ed.,\u00a0Rethinking Hell<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard Middleton,\u00a0A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Church History and Theology<\/p>\n