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Grave affairs: HBO's 'Six Feet Under'
Like David Fisher in the award-winning HBO series Six Feet Under, when my father died, I embalmed him. My brother Pat assisted....
One plot at a time: Luke 21:5-19
If I could tell when the end times were on their way by the number of wars, famines, earthquakes and plagues that are afflicting our world, I’d say, “Wow! Here they come!” The Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America—you name it, atrocities are taking place. Even in the United States of America, the home of the free, the hope of the huddled masses, the place where no one really has to go hungry, human-caused disaster is everywhere.
A cure for what ails us
What do philosophers do? Do they, like other academics, get doctorates, publish for fellow academics, strive for tenure and advance up the academic ladder?...
Blood Done Sign My Name
On a summer day in 1970, ten-year-old Tim Tyson was playing with his neighborhood friend, Gerald Teel, when Gerald whispered to him, “Daddy and Roger and ...
On Paradise Drive
David Brooks has been described as the “house conservative” among regular columnists for the New York ...
Read all about it: A door to the intellect and heart
This issue’s emphasis on books exemplifies one of the things I have most liked about the Christian Century over the years: it has helped me to decide what books to purchase and read....
Meanwhile in Darfur: The U.S. does little and the rest of the world does less
What happened to the United Nations?” asked Haruun Ruun, executive secretary of the New Sudan Council of Churches....
Century Marks
Down to earth: Writer-teacher-activist Parker Palmer was leading a retreat for government officials in Washington, D.C., all of whom were motivated by an ethic of public service....
Religion sells: The publishing business
By a number of measures, sales of religion books are booming. The Association of American Publishers reports that religious publishing grew by 37 percent in 2003....
Sunni clerics back anti-U.S. violence: Other Sunni clerics call violence unjustified
For Sheik Mohammad Ali Mohammad al-Ghereri, a Sunni Muslim cleric in Baghdad, the question is no longer whether to tell his followers to fight the Americans, but how to assure that they wage war pr...
Terror not sole issue, bishop tells nominees: ELCA's Hanson urges attention to environment, health care and poverty
Although terrorism looms large for White House candidates, the presiding bishop of the nation’s largestLutheran denomination has urged President George W....
Spirituality pervades new American Indian museum in Washington: Opening celebrated in service at Washington National Cathedral
Just as earth tones form an underlying decorative element in the new National Museum of the American Indian, spirituality is an undercurrent within the 254,000-square-foot edifice built on Washingt...
Baptist advocacy group changes its name: Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs is renaming itself the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, following a decision by the agency’s directors at their annual meeting in Washing...
IRD says mainline is picking on Israel: Mainline groups challenge methodology of study
A conservative gadfly group has released a report asserting that mainline U.S....
Jews, PCUSA still at odds on Israel policy: Divestment plan challenged
A high-level summit between Jewish and Presbyterian leaders covered little new ground in a sharp, ongoing dispute over Middle East policy, but both sides promised to stay in close contact as the ch...
Muslims rap decision on former pop singer: Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, denied entry to U.S.
British and American Muslims say they remain bewildered by U.S....