Jun 29, 2004

Vol. 121 No. 13

Cover Story

Jail break

Meditation as a subversive activity

Jun 29, 2004 by Sarah Coakley

From the Editors

No contest

Redistricting strategies are making elections less meaningful

Jun 29, 2004

Editor's Desk

Holy impatience

William Sloane Coffin, critic of the church

Jun 29, 2004 by John M. Buchanan

Features

Doubting theology

Conversations that count

Jun 29, 2004 by William C. Placher

Features

Doubting theology

A faith worthy of doubt

Jun 29, 2004 by S. Mark Heim

Features

Doubting theology

James M. Gustafson replies

Jun 29, 2004 by James Gustafson

Features

Making do

Resourcefulness and desperation in Haiti

Jun 29, 2004 by David Williamson

Features

Doubting theology

Wisdom—divine and human

Jun 29, 2004 by P. Travis Kroeker

Living by the Word

The Jericho affair

Luke 10:25-37

Jun 29, 2004 by Samuel Wells

Living by the Word

Dog tales

Galatians 6:7-16

Jun 29, 2004 by Samuel Wells

Faith Matters

Bike paths

A sojourn in Portugal

Jun 29, 2004 by Barbara Brown Taylor

Impressions

Friends like these

Friendship can mislead us

Jun 29, 2004 by James M. Wall

M.E.M.O.

Lights out

Churches closing

Jun 29, 2004 by Martin E. Marty

Century Marks

Jun 29, 2004

Books

Just desires?

Jun 29, 2004 reviewed by Joel James Shuman

Books

Kepler's Witch/Galileo in Rome

Jun 29, 2004 reviewed by Owen Gingerich

Books

Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad

Jun 29, 2004 reviewed by Valerie Ziegler

Books

Out in front

Jun 29, 2004 reviewed by Harvey Cox

Film

Wizard comes of age

Jun 29, 2004 reviewed by Steve Vineberg

Poetry

A religious background

Jun 29, 2004 by Mary M. Brown

Poetry

Hummers

Jun 29, 2004 by Barrie Shepherd

Poetry

Patterns

Jun 29, 2004 by G. Wayne Glick

News

Marriage amendment not right, leaders say

From three mainline denominations

Jun 29, 2004

News

Briefly noted

Jun 29, 2004

News

People

Jun 29, 2004

News

On the faith-based campain trail

Bush shores up support

Jun 29, 2004 by John Dart

News

Reagan political years paralleled right's rise

The Gipper's legacy

Jun 29, 2004

News

High court sidesteps 'under God' ruling

The Newdow case

Jun 29, 2004

News

After stem cell rules, senators urge Bush

Fifty-seven say Bush's policy no longer adequate

Jun 29, 2004

News

Judge overrules 'partial-birth' ban

"Unconstitutionally vague"

Jun 29, 2004

News

Presbyterian losses largest since '83

Decline "should call us to prayer and repentance"

Jun 29, 2004

News

Data bite

Best sellers

Jun 29, 2004

News

Canadian Anglicans affirm 'sanctity' of same-sex couples

A conciliatory message

Jun 29, 2004

When bad theology happens to good people

May 21, 2013 by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

The hospice pastor with a church on life support

How can we move beyond our walls when our congregations need so much care?

May 20, 2013 by Carol Howard Merritt

Cover Story

Embrace & abandonment

A pastor and a poet talk about God

May 29, 2013 Matt Fitzgerald and Christian Wiman

Remembering Will Campbell

Jun 06, 2013 by Frank G. Honeycutt

Notes from the Global Church

Armenia’s survivors

Jun 06, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

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