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What students crave
College is a crucible in which opinions are formed, challenged and reformed; beliefs are redefined or perhaps defined for the first time, and attitudes become ...
In community
Have you ever felt a bit empty, a bit unsatisfied, after hearing politicians (even those you support) explain their vision of a good society?...
Troubled mind
With A Beautiful Mind, director Ron Howard (Apollo 13, Cocoon) and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (Batman and Robin, A Time to Kill) have produced a polished and carefully c...
Quick takes
Gosford Park: One could easily mistake director Robert Altman for a misanthrope; his dark humor (famously displayed in M*A*S*H* and The Player) borders on meanness, while...
Flag-waving
For months the American flag has been showing up on cars, porches, football helmets and basketball uniforms....
The time is ripe
In the small lobby of the offices of the Christian Century hang two large mounted posters....
Tuning the E string: An enduring harmony as certain as the groaning of the world
A man I know raised four children with few requirements of them. But one of those few was that each of them learn to play a musical instrument....
Terror script
George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon are working from the same play book, and for the moment, they are winning their wars against terrorism. But their strategy will ultimately fail....
Still burning
Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers is getting lots of publicity these days....
In the beginning
The first thing that strikes us about Lucille Clifton’s poetry is what is missing: capitalization, punctuation, long and plentiful lines....
Unity journey energized
For years premature rumors circulated about the demise of the Consultation on Church Union—the 40-year-old theological dialogue in which nine U.S....
The bigger picture
My guess is that most middle-aged people when prodded to consider “aging” think immediately about what the flesh is heir to....
Stranger in the aisle
As I emerged from the dairy aisle in the neighborhood supermarket and turned toward the bagels, I spotted my old friend Terry Regan over near the soups....
Women in Islam
When former secretary of State Madeleine Albright was fielding questions about Afghanistan recently, one inquirer asked about the role of women in Islam, citing the miserable treatment of females i...
Late-night seminar: John 3:1-17
Portrayed as a cowardly dolt, Nicodemus is usually spotted skulking about under cover of darkness.
Bedrock truths: Matthew 4:1-11
The Tempter will return again and again. But we are never left alone.
Homecoming
Director Wes Anderson's vision in his latest and (so far) greatest film, The Royal Tenenbaums, is so singular that it is difficult to isolate its individual elements....