Could we step back for a moment from the work that we do that so captures our attention, to think about not just the state of the field as we usually discuss and debate, but also about its very relevance?

"Andrew takes us from present theory to past subject and ultimately brings us back to the present, rendering us the subject, and challenges us, the reader, to ponder our assumptions about what Late Antiquity was and is and how the pieces of our extant puzzle fit into it."