Carl Trueman

“A brilliant, deeply learned, and carefully argued book.”

Carl Trueman, First Things: Best Book of 2025

“My scholarly book of the year is Angela Franks’s Body and Identity: A History of the Empty Self. … I was dazzled both by its learning and its commitment to articulating a Christian understanding of selfhood. … Franks does a remarkable job of showing how so many of these thinkers allow us to see more clearly into the problematic nature of our age. This is a book that deserves wide readership.”

Civitas Outlook

“A remarkable book, which belongs on the shelf next to identity-interested thinkers like Charles Taylor or Carl Trueman. Indeed, Franks may be the most helpful of the three in making sense of present controversies. … Rich and nuanced … a work of considerable value.”