Anagaion is a three-part study course about Christian heritage, basic Bible beliefs, and a better understanding of what it means to live as a Christian in today's world. The companion text, The Road Rising, looks at the daily life of faith through the journal of a backpacker, an analogy of every believer's search for meaning.

Tony Woods has served with his wife, Marsha on missionary assignments around the world, from the African countries of Zambia, Liberia and Ethiopia to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Australia. But for more then twenty five years they lived and served in the northern town of Sendai, Japan, where they raised three children and buried one. Anagaion was written primarily as a doctorial project from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, but following his dissertation was adapted into English. Tony and Marsha now live in Australia, near son Nathan, daughter Nicki, their spouses and three grandchildren.