Books of the Year

by Marvin Olasky

Cover Story | Two new books are important responses to the rapidly growing promotion of theistic- or, more properly, deistic-evolution

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/books_of_the_year]

Cover Story Sidebar | The billion-dollar Templeton Foundation (see "Honoring his father," Dec. 4) is a positive force in many of its core areas, including Freedom and Free Enterprise-but its grants in religion reflect the theology of its founder, John Templeton, who tried to meld aspects of Christianity with Eastern religions. When Templeton offers dollars, grant-seekers jump. According to an Investigative Fund report on "God, Science and Philanthropy" published last year, the Templeton Foundation's

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/facing_the_pressure]

A bridge too far

by Marvin Olasky

Cover Story Sidebar | In June, after WORLD's articles on books were written and in production, the debate about theistic evolution, and particularly the existence of a literal Adam and Eve, hit the cover of Christianity Today (CT) and the internet home page of The Gospel Coalition. The CT cover story asserted, "The center of the evolution debate has shifted from asking whether we came from earlier animals to whether we could have come from one man and one woman." The article quoted critics of the revisionist view

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/a_bridge_too_far]

In this issue: "2011 Books of the Year," July 2, 2011

No controversy? Dream on

by Marvin Olasky

2011 Books Issue | Ann Voskamp gains both fans and detractors for her poetic praises to God

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/no_controversy_dream_on]

Wholesome reading

by Marvin Olasky

2011 Books Issue | Good books with good values are not hard to find

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/wholesome_reading]

Browsers' helper

by Susan Olasky

2011 Books Issue | For readers who search for books by genres and categories

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/browsers_helper]

A crisis observed

by David L. Bahnsen

2011 Books Issue | Authors reflect on the causes of the meltdown of 2008

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/a_crisis_observed]

Heart, head, hands

by Amy L. Sherman

2011 Books Issue | The best books on fighting poverty focus on holistic social action

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/heart_head_hands]

Highs and lows

by Les Sillars

2011 Books Issue | Journalists and athletes offer peeks at the lives behind the games

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/highs_and_lows]

Laugh tracts

by Albin Sadar

2011 Books Issue | A funny thing happened on the way to the bookstore

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/laugh_tracts]

Better than bullets

by Edward Lee Pitts

2011 Books Issue | Biographers tell the amazing stories of two pivotal presidents

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/better_than_bullets]

Fighting cancers

by Emily Belz

2011 Books Issue | History writers document diseases of the body and of the soul

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/fighting_cancers]

Getting better

by Susan Olasky

2011 Books Issue | Six new novels show how Christian fiction has matured in recent years

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/getting_better]

Worlds apart

by John Ottinger III

2011 Books Issue | Six new novels offer a good start to a different kind of genre

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/worlds_apart]

Enchanted woods

by Megan Basham

2011 Books Issue | Six good fantasy novels from the past year

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/enchanted_woods]

Darker times

by Janie B. Cheaney

2011 Books Issue | Fantasy novels about bleak futures are the rage among teenage readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/darker_times]

Bygone Britian

by Kenan Minkoff

2011 Books Issue | P.G. Wodehouse takes readers on an enjoyable trip to the world before World War I

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/bygone_britian]

A rare jewel of conference contentment

by William Boyd

2011 Books Issue | Meeting and greeting famous writers at the conference on southern literature

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/a_rare_jewel_of_conference_contentment]

Gifts for readers

by Susan Olasky

2011 Books Issue | Four books to give on special occasions

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/gifts_for_readers]

Buy the book

by The Editors

2011 Books Issue | Links to purchase the books featured in WORLD's 2011 Books Issue

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/buy_the_book]

One nation under fire

by Mindy Belz

Birth of South Sudan is staged to begin with renewed fighting and soft U.S. diplomacy

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/one_nation_under_fire]

Looking Ahead

by The Editors

Thatcher sell-off Auction house Christie's will sell off an important symbol of Great Britain's Iron Lady when it places Margaret Thatcher's famous handbag up…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/looking_ahead_0]

Crowded field

by The Editors

Campaign 2012 | and more news briefs

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/crowded_field]

No worship allowed

by Emily Belz

Appellate court bars renting public school space to church for religious 'worship services'

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/no_worship_allowed]

Human Race

by The Editors

Released Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was released from a Houston hospital five months after she was shot by a gunman in Tucson, who killed six and…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/human_race_0]

Quotables

by The Editors

"It doesn't pass the straight face test in my opinion." U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, responding to a 32-page White House review of U.S. military…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/quotables_0]

Quick Takes

by The Editors

Apple of their eyes Forget Times Square or the Empire State Building-according to one researcher, the most photographed object in Manhattan is the Fifth…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/quick_takes_0]

Summer heart

by Megan Basham

Movies | Super 8 does something popcorn movies used to do-tell a good story

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/summer_heart]

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

by Michael Leaser

Movies | This film is a garish, manic, incoherent waste of celluloid

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/judy_moody_and_the_not_bummer_summer]

Rejoice & Shout

by Alisa Harris

Documentary | Film tells the jubilant history of black gospel music

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/rejoice_shout]

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Rebecca Cusey

Movies | Apparently enjoyable for children, it looks to be one of those movies parents take for the team

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/mr_popper_s_penguins]

Box Office Top 10

by The Editors

Movies | For the weekend of June 10-12, according to Box Office Mojo

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/box_office_top_10_0]

Leaving the liberal cocoon

by Marvin Olasky

Q&A | From Ivy League grad to copy boy to influential editor, Adam Bellow has gained success as a conservative in the New York publishing industry

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/06/leaving_the_liberal_cocoon]