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Spring books: Reviews

Cover Story in the May 3, 2011 issue
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Daniel C. Richardson

Our spring books issue includes the following reviews:

Mark Allan Powell: Constructing Jesus, by Dale C. Allison Jr.

Jason Byassee: The Future of Christian Theology, by David F. Ford

Robert Westbrook: Unwarranted Influence, by James Ledbetter

John G. Turner: The Myth of American Religious Freedom, by David Sehat

Randall J. Stephens: Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch

Dennis O'Brien: Why Mark Was Right, by Terry Eagleton

LaVonne Neff: Virtually You, by Elias Aboujaoude

Shirley H. Showalter: Learning to Die in Miami, by Carlos Eire

Trudy Bush: Being Polite to Hitler, by Robb Forman Drew

Janet Potter: The Illumination, by Kevin Brockmeier

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