Summary: Otis Young reviews "Losing My Religion" by former LA Times religion reporter William Lobdell, who recounts the story of how he became a Protestant evangelical, nearly accepted Catholicism, and finally rejected religion altogether. Young also reviews "A Bride in the Bargain," by Deeanne Gist. In this new novel a 19-year-old woman moves west to Seattle in the 1860's to marry a stranger, which allows him to claim land as a married man.
