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Fall books: Take & read

Books in the October 12, 2016 issue
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Our fall books issue includes scholars' recommendations of the best recently published books in their fields:

Matthew L. Skinner on New Testament

Philip Jenkins on global Christianity

Grant Wacker on American religious history

Mary Clark Moschella on practical theology

This article appears in the October 12, 2016 issue.

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