Michael Allen: 107 books

Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden is an irreverent look at God's new Public Relations Department and the Messiah's latest visitation to a gay couple during a late-night screening of "Forrest Gump" at a SONY® Multiplex in Artificial City, New Jersey. Jesus Christ...

The story of a guy, a girl, a potato chip truck, and a big country, KEROUWHACKED! is a comedic exultation of the extraordinary friendships that often develop between certain gay men and certain straight women. KEROUWHACKED! is also a celebration of the youthful exuberance that gives us the curiosity,...

The award-winning first novel pairing gay psychiatrist Jack Caleb with burned-out Chicago cop John Thinnes is a “cunning, adroit debut” (Publishers Weekly). When a CPA with OCD is found shot dead in his locked apartment with a .38 in his hand, only two people don’t believe he killed himself....

In this “exciting” sequel to The Man Who Understood Cats, psychiatrist Jack Caleb and cop John Thinnes must solve the murder of a Native American artist (Library Journal). Native American artist Blue Mountain Cat seems determined to provoke controversy with his new installation, which strikes...

Psychiatrist Jack Caleb and Chicago cop John Thinnes return in this “well-crafted procedural . . . intriguingly presented . . . spiked by psychological insight” (Booklist).   After a woman is brutally raped in the posh Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and a second rape victim is murdered,...

Contemporary U.S. Cinema is a forceful exploration of the tumultuous changes that have dominated the shifting landscape of American film-making over the past three decades. From the explosive release of Easy Rider to the excesses of Heaven's Gate and the comic book figures of Spider-Man, its aim is...

Can Christians and churches be both catholic and Reformed? In this volume, two accomplished young theologians argue that to be Reformed means to go deeper into true catholicity rather than away from it. Their manifesto for a catholic and Reformed approach to dogmatics seeks theological renewal through...

The murder of a Vietnamese woman reawakens wartime trauma for cop John Thinnes and psychiatrist Jack Caleb in an “absolutely gripping” police procedural (Chicago Tribune).   After a woman is shot in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Chicago, Detective John Thinnes realizes he knew the victim...

New Studies in Dogmatics seeks to retrieve the riches of Christian doctrine for the sake of contemporary theological renewal. Following in the tradition of G. C. Berkouwer’s Studies in Dogmatics, this series will provide thoughtful, concise, and readable treatments of major theological topics, expressing...

This book offers appropriate teaching strategies to help teachers seek out and rectify misconceptions in primary science as and when they arise.

With “terse prose,” this “fascinating” entry in the award-winning series pits psychiatrist Jack Caleb and cop John Thinnes against a serial arsonist (Library Journal). While jogging through Chicago’s Lincoln Park at dawn, Dr. Jack Caleb comes upon a scene of horror—a mob in white...

A “skillfully written, wonderfully entertaining, and fascinatingly detailed” time-travel adventure from the author of the Caleb and Thinnes mysteries (Booklist).   British detective Ian Carreg never expected his life to unfold like this. A recent widower, the fifty-five-year-old inspector has...

How far would you go to save your life and your world? After a nasty divorce, single mother Joanne Lessing finally has her life together, and she’s made a name for herself as a photographer. Then, while on assignment, she witnesses a hit and run. Property damage only. No big deal, she thinks. So she...

The authors sober, straightforward, no-holds-barred warning prepares the readers to answer hard questions for themselves as to Where in the World Is the Church When All Hell Breaks Loose? Is this the end or just the beginning in this crucial, climactic, redeeming chapter of human history? A gripping...