ChristianityToday.com Staff: These are books that have shaped evangelicalism as we see it today—not an evangelicalism we wish and hope for. Books that have been published since World War II—not every book in the history of Christianity. Books that over the last 50 years have altered the way American evangelicals pray, gather, talk, and reach out—not books that merely entertained.We asked dozens of evangelical leaders for their suggestions, and they sent in their nominations. Then we vigorously debated as a staff as we ranked the 50 books. (We're still debating.)

A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota shows that atheists are the least trusted group in today's society.

• The survey asked if a parent would disapprove of a child's wish to marry an atheist, 47.6 percent of those interviewed said yes.
  • Asked the same question about Muslims and African-Americans, the yes responses fell to 33.5 percent and 27.2 percent, respectively.
  • The yes responses for Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Jews and conservative Christians were 18.5 percent, 18.5 percent, 11.8 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively.

• 80 percent of Americans think colleges and universities welcome students of faith 
  • 20 percent do not
• 81 percent of faculty consider themselves "spiritual beings"
• When asked to specify their current religious preference 31.2 percent of the professors surveyed said "none"
• Respondents were asked to select the statement that comes closest to expressing their views about God
  • 10.0 percent chose the statement, "I don’t believe in God"
  • 13.4 percent chose the statement, "I don’t know whether there is a God, and I don’t believe there is any way to find out." 
  • About 23.4 percent of respondents are either atheists or agnostics