The Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Research Center (MIDWRC) Annual Dallas Willard Book Award was created in 2015 to help place an enduring emphasis on the intellectual legacy of Willard by recognizing original work that furthers Dallas’s views of reality, knowledge, and Christian spiritual formation. The Award is our way of promoting and recognizing monographs that advance one or more of Dallas’s four primary concerns. For past award winners, see here.

We are pleased to announce our 2026 MIDWRC Book Award finalists (in no particular order):

Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard by Dave Ripper (IVP)

Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice by Alex Fogleman (Eerdmans)

From Aristotle to Christ: How Aristotelian Thought Clarified the Christian Faith by Louis Markos (IVP)

Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life by Grace Hamman (Zondervan)

A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation by Matthew Bingham (Crossway)