Baker Academic Fall 2024 Catalog

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A Whole Life in Twelve Movies A Cinematic Journey to a Deeper Spirituality Kathleen Norris and Gareth Higgins

Two celebrated spirituality writers discuss twelve acclaimed movies that can help us better understand our lives, from before birth to death and beyond.

“Higgins and Norris add to a conversation that the filmmaker has begun and draw from their experience of life to give these humble films more depth.” —LEE ISAAC CHUNG, director of Minari and Twisters

Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet and the author of five New York Times best- sellers, including The Cloister Walk and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Gareth Higgins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast) has cofounded multiple spirituality festivals, including Wild Goose, The Porch Gathering, and Movies and Meaning.

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OCTOBER 2024 192 pp. • paper• $19.99 • 9781587436338

Gratitude Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being Cornelius Plantinga

Award-winning author Neal Plantinga shows that gratitude is not only our righteous duty but also the single best predictor of our own well-being, encompassing joy, generosity, contentment, better relationships, and improved health.

“A treasure of pastoral wisdom on a signature virtue of the Christian life. Plantinga is a master preacher, and it shows: this book seamlessly combines readability and rich insight.” —REBECCA KONYNDYK D e YOUNG, Calvin University; author of Glittering Vices

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Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary.

NOW AVAILABLE 176 pp. • cloth • $22.99 • 9781587436222

The Church in Dark Times Understanding and Resisting the Evil That Seduced the Evangelical Movement Mike Cosper

Too often, evil masks itself behind the best of intentions. Mike Cosper shows this dy - namic at work in the ever-expanding crisis of abuse and failure in modern evangelical churches.

“Exploring Arendt’s thinking about the power of ideology and the banality of evil, Cosper turns the story of Mars Hill Church into a window to our dark times.” —ROGER BERKOWITZ, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Bard College

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Mike Cosper produced and hosted the smash-hit podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. He is director of podcasts at Christianity Today and cohosts a weekly podcast called The Bulletin.

NOVEMBER 2024 224 pp. • paper • $19.99 • 9781587435737

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