Emily Hunter McGowin is associate professor of theology at Wheaton College. Her research focuses on the intersection of theology, history, and practice. Her first book, Quivering Families (Fortress Press, 2018) used ethnography to explore the theology of the family in a segment of American evangelicalism. She has also published Christmas (IVP, 2023), a short historical and theological introduction to the liturgical season of Christmas. Her latest, Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God (IVP, 2025) is a practical theology of family framed by the church and the kingdom of God.