First, beyond naming winners in our ten regular categories, we’ve christened from among those winners our first-ever CT Book of the Year: God’s Forever Family, Larry Eskridge’s history of the Jesus People movement. Now, this is no exact science. And really, we wouldn’t have gone wrong laying the extra laurel atop any of the competitors, or a dozen other books besides. You may have your own favorite to recommend. But we can’t see any harm in generating buzz\u201d\u201dor provoking debate\u201d\u201daround a book our judges praised for its originality, meticulous research, and colorful character sketches.<\/p>\n
Second, speaking of those judges, we’ve lifted the veil of anonymity from their comments on the winning books. Our judges\u201d\u201dbest-selling authors, experts in their fields, and simply thoughtful people\u201d\u201dhave strained their eyes and brains reading and evaluating a thousand or more pages. They deserve to have their labors recognized. And you deserve to have your curiosity satiated.<\/p>\n
And third, we’ve introduced a new awards category targeted at readers of Her.meneutics, CT’s popular women’s blog.<\/p>\n