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Fall books: Reviews

Cover Story in the October 18, 2011 issue
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Illustration by Jesse Kuhn.

Our fall books issue includes the following reviews:

Kyle Childress: Food and Faith, by Norman Wirzba

Walter Brueggemann: Another Reformation, by Peter Ochs

Robert N. Bellah: Healing the Heart of Democracy, by Parker J. Palmer

John Fea: Mightier Than the Sword, by David S. Reynolds

Timothy Renick: The Deaths of Others, by John Tirman

Randall Balmer: The Spiritual-Industrial Complex, by Jonathan P. Herzog; God-Fearing and Free, by Jason W. Stevens

LaVonne Neff: Rescuing Regina, by Josephe Marie Flynn

Shirley H. Showalter: Mighty Be Our Powers, by Leymah Gbowee

Ted A. Smith: A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan

Janet Potter: Irma Voth, by Miriam Toews

This article appears in the October 18, 2011 issue.

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