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Ronald A. Wells

Ronald A. Wells, professor emeritus of history at Calvin College, directs the Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts at Maryville College in Tennessee. He is a member at the Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) in Knoxville, Tennesse. His most recent book is Hope and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

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Episcopal future: Is Anglican reconciliation possible?

The Episcopal Church is in the position of striving to be both fully inclusive at home and a fully accountable part of the Anglican Com­munion. Can this seeming paradox be resolved?
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César Chávez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers' Struggle for Social Justice

Next to Martin Luther King Jr., César Chávez was the most important Christian s...
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Facing truth: A televised reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Desmond Tutu makes headlines, and often changes hearts and minds....
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Back to school

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Ireland’s Holy Wars, by Marcus Tanner

Like Ireland's religious history itself, books about religion in Ireland provoke controversy....
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The college try

Quality with Souls: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions by Robert Benne...
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Can peace last? Backlog of mistrust in Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland

What new thing has happened in Northern Ireland? The peace agreement reached on Good Friday 1998 has begun to be implemented....

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