Writing
Dr. McGowin’s latest, Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God is now available from IVP. Read a free excerpt here. Listen to her interview on The Holy Post podcast here.
What People Are Saying…
"Few topics are as contested―and as crucially important―as family. Emily McGowin meets our great need for deeper theological reflection with skill and compassion, weaving together rich theology and careful attention to our lived experience of family life. This is a fresh and thoughtful take on a topic too often bogged down with culture war antics."
- Kaitlyn Schiess, author of The Ballot and the Bible and The Liturgy of Politics
“Finally, a book that actually looks for the blueprint for families from the words of Jesus! Emily McGowin does not pretend to put forward answers or formulas for the Christian family, but she relies on the verb 'practice' as a way of discovering what family means in God's kingdom. For those who desire to practice family as Christians, this book should be your guide.”
- Jessica Hooten Wilson, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and author of The Scandal of Holiness
Dr. McGowin is also the author of Christmas: The Season of Life and Light (IVP, 2023). Read a review by Hearts & Minds Books here.
She is also co-editor with Dr. Jeffrey W. Barbeau of God and Wonder: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts (Cascade, 2022). Read a review by Christian Scholar’s Review here.
Dr. McGowin’s first book, Quivering Families: The Quiverfull Movement and Evangelical Theology of the Family (Fortress Press, 2018) focused on the lived theology of the American Quiverfull movement. Read a two-part interview about the book here and here.
Her scholarly work has also appeared in journals like Ecclesial Practices, New Blackfriars, Baptist History & Heritage, and Faith & Mission. She has also written book chapters on feminism, the gender of God, gender roles and vocation, children and wonder, and the practice of motherhood in evangelicalism.
