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Jul 28, 2009

Vol. 126 No. 15
Cover Story

Hard times

Lessons of the economic downturn

Jul 28, 2009 by Dennis P. McCann, Jon Gunnemann, Deirdre McCloskey and D. Stephen Long
From the Editors

Soccer diplomacy

Cultural exchange with Iran
Jul 28, 2009
Editor's Desk

Lincoln log

Reading recommendations
Jul 28, 2009 by John M. Buchanan
Features

Kibbutz Metzer

An enduring Arab-Israeli friendship
Jul 28, 2009 by Bill Plitt
Features

H is for holy

A theological dictionary
Jul 28, 2009 by Martin E. Marty
Features

Begging to give

Jul 28, 2009
Features

Course correction

A congregation faces the financial crisis
Jul 28, 2009 by Michael L. Lindvall
Features

Justice for the SouthBronx

Activist Alexie Torres-Fleming
Jul 28, 2009 by Amy Frykholm
Features

Support system

Networking in the suburbs
Jul 28, 2009 by Gary Stern
Living by the Word

The manna story

John 6:24-35; Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15; Ephesians 4:1-16

Jul 28, 2009 by Gail Ramshaw
Living by the Word

Metaphors of the faith

John 6:35, 41-51; 1 Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:25–5:2

Jul 28, 2009 by Gail Ramshaw
Faith Matters

Reading reverie

A child lost in a book
Jul 28, 2009 by Stephanie Paulsell
American Soundings

The world next door

A new phenomenon in the heartland
Jul 28, 2009 by Rodney Clapp
Books

Brokering Mideast peace

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Books

Ex-fundamentalist

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Randall Balmer
Books

The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Thomas J. Carty
Books

American Christians and Islam:Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to theAge of Terrorism

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Anne Blue Wills
Books

The Consolations of Theology

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Charles M. Wood
Books

Bookmarks

Jul 28, 2009
Film

Up

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Steve Vineberg
Music

On music

Jul 28, 2009 reviewed by Louis R. Carlozo
Poetry

Sweet psalm

Jul 28, 2009 by Carol Gilbertson
Poetry

For they shall be comforted

Jul 28, 2009 by Tania Runyan
Poetry

The pastor’s wife considers drought

Jul 28, 2009 by Nola Garrett
News

People

Jul 28, 2009
News

Briefly noted

Jul 28, 2009
News

WCC nominates Korean and Norwegian for top post

General secretary post becomes vacant January 1
Jul 28, 2009
News

PollsterBarna: Most gays positive about faith

Six in ten say faith is important in their lives
Jul 28, 2009
News

UCC and Unitarians elect minority presidents

Peter Morales, Geoffrey Black
Jul 28, 2009
News

Evangelicals tap new lobbyist for Washington

National Association of Evangelicals picks Galen Carey
Jul 28, 2009
News

South Korean churches ask food aid for North Korea

Food shortage particularly tough on children
Jul 28, 2009
News

New pastor quits Riverside Church amid conflict

An abrupt departure
Jul 28, 2009
News

PCUSA reports steepest member loss in 25 years

Nearly 70,000 people
Jul 28, 2009
News

Ex-Episcopalians launch rivalAnglican church body

The Anglican Church in North America
Jul 28, 2009
News

SouthernBaptists seek to shake membership malaise

Plummeting baptism rates
Jul 28, 2009
News

AmericanBaptist progressives nix restructuring

Proposal falls just short of two-thirds needed
Jul 28, 2009