Whose Church? Which Unity?That We May Be One: Practicing Unity in a Divided Church, Gary B.Agee, Eerdmans, 2022 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐8186‐1), xviii + 150 pp., pb $19.99Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church, TimMuehlhoff and RichardLanger, InterVarsity Press, 2020 (ISBN 978‐0‐8380‐4799‐0), x + 214 pp., pb $17

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AbstractThese two recent books each offer guidance to Christians in the United States on pursuing unity in the midst of social, moral, political, and theological divisions. They offer two distinct approaches: one relying mainly on relevant academic research and the other drawing mostly on a pastoral appeal. They also target different audiences: one an explicitly theologically conservative evangelical ‘church’, the other a ‘church’ including all professed Christians. This review argues that both have different strengths. While Agee's approach is ultimately more promising for addressing the underlying causes of disunity among Christians, Muehlhoff and Langer offer well‐founded tactics for mutual understanding within a more limited group of Christians.