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Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society
It can be hard to keep up with Marva J. Dawn, since she usually produces a book a year....
Property rights
Before the advent of drug traffickers and serial killers, films often focused on conflicts over real estate....
Century Marks
Retrospective challenge: Joanna Jepson, an Anglican priest in Britain, is legally challenging an abortion that took place in 2001....
Are we better off? Nostalgia for the 1970s: Nostalgia for the 1970s
The 1970s—that era of fuel shortages and economic “stagflation”—is not normally the subject of nostalgia (That ’70s Show!...
Saddam in the dock: Who will judge him?
A half century after the Nuremberg trials, the United Nations set up war crimes tribunals, in 1993 for Yugoslavia and in 1994 for Rwanda....
Church of refugees: Into Egypt—and Manhattan
My installation as pastor at a Manhattan congregation began with a festive outdoor procession weaving through public housing projects and then looping around to the parking lot near the pricey apar...
Emerging God: Theology for a complex universe
Theologians are paying attention to strange recommendations about theology from financier John Templeton—and not just because Templeton has the resources of a large foundation behind his idea...
Conversation partners: Even if we disagree
These are difficult times for people who value the unity of the church....
Beyond belief: Beholding Christ
At this time of the Christian year, worship services feature narratives that stretch credulity to the limit....
Top films: Best of 2003
My choice as 2003’s best film is Mystic River, which introduces us to characters burdened by their choices. Three boys are playing in the street one day when two men approach them....
Two of a kind: Century board members Paul Simon and Al Ward
"Oner,” a slang word that crossword-puzzle-makers favor, is defined as a “rare and unique person, someone especially excellent.” We just lost two oners: Century board members Paul...
Strange company: Why liberals need conservatives
I’m uncomfortably aware that this room contains two very different groups of Presbyterians—both of which have ministered to me....
Hanging in there: Why conservatives need liberals
I have spent a number of years engaged in Jewish-Christian dialogue. More recently, I have been involved in extensive exchanges with Muslim scholars....
France to ban faith symbols in schools: Headscarves may be outlawed
Following months of fierce debate in France, President Jacques Chirac has called for a law to ban Islamic headscarves and other “conspicuous” religious symbols from schools run by publi...
Report: Usual suspects thwart religious liberty: China, Burma, North Korea and others
The State Department’s annual report on the status of religious freedom worldwide is out, and its chief villains have familiar faces....
Bush might support marriage amendment: Will support gay marriage measure "if necessary"
President Bush said in a television interview that he could support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but also said “whatever legal arrangements people want to make” shou...
Eleven bishops join U.S. Anglican network: Conservatives oppose Robinson ordination
At least 11 Episcopal bishops have officially joined a fledgling “network” of conservative dioceses and parishes to oppose their church’s approval of an openly gay bishop....
SBC advised to leave Baptist World Alliance: Reaction to Alliance's "leftward drift"
A study committee has recommended that the Southern Baptist Convention withdraw its membership and funding from the Baptist World Alliance....