My Top 18 Books of 2018

As 2018 comes to a precipitous close, I thought would add my voice to the growing chorus of others who've provided lists of their favorite books of the year. While you'll likely see some familiar titles on my list, I also think you'll see some less familiar, but no less delightful, books that I hope you'll get to know in the days to come. Lastly, I'd be interested to know what books topped your list in 2018, so please share them in the comments section below.

1. The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson, by Stanley Hauerwas

2. Why Liberalism Failed, by Patrick J. Deneen

3. Christ the Heart of Creation, by Rowan Williams

4. The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in the Age of Crisis, by Alan Jacobs

5. Acting Liturgically: Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice, by Nicholas Wolterstorff

6. Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age, by Alan Noble

7. Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis, by Craig A. Carter

8. Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ, by Fleming Rutledge

9. The Orthodox Reality: Culture, Theology, and Ethics, by Vigen Guroian

10. Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition, by Hans Boersma

11. Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons, by Rowan Williams

12. Paul: An Apostle's Journey, by Douglas Campbell

13. It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says About Infant Baptism, by Scot McKnight

14. The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom, by Mark T. Mitchell

15. On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, by Karen Swallow Prior

16. Love and the Postmodern Predicament: Rediscovering the Real in Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, by D.C. Schindler

17. Ritualized Faith: Essays on the Philosophy of Liturgy, by Terence Cuneo

18. Enduring Divine Absence: The Challenge of Modern Atheism, by Joseph Minich

Two cheers to good reading in 2019!