Spring books: Reviews
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Our spring books issue includes the following reviews:
Greg Carey on Coming Out Christian in a Roman World, by Douglas Boin: The "Fall of Rome...is not a historical event; it's more akin to a theological idea." So proclaims Boin, sacking the understanding of early Christian identity that has prevailed since at least the second century.
Amy Frykholm on God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison: In her 11th novel Morrison returns to the foundation of most of her fiction: childhood and its traumatic effects
