Features
Infallible preachers: The mullahs in Pakistan
'Allah is my Lord and yours' Talking with Ahmadinejad: Talking with Ahmadinejad
Rise and fall
Steve Zaillian’s adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel All the King’s Men, about the making of a demagogue—modeled on Louisiana governor (and later senator) Huey Long—is languid, undramatic and shapeless. Zaillian has a talent for streamlining big, incident-filled books. He wrote the screenplay for Schindler’s List and both wrote and directed A Civil Action. But in this case his love for the novel seems to have done him in.
Voices
L. Gregory Jones
Dreams and strategies: Cultivating institutions in service to the gospel
"What keeps you up at night?” I asked the African cardinal at the end of a leisurely lunch near his home. Our conversation had ranged across a variety of topics: the scourge of AIDS in Africa, ineffective leadership within the churches, the character of theological education in our respective contexts, and our own calls to ministry. The cardinal has a reputation as a highly effective leader, and I admire his insights as well as the grace and character he embodies. He has big dreams, yet very few resources with which to work. I wondered which of these challenges he struggled with most.
Books
Evangelical reformer
Bellwether preacher
Beyond 'taboo morality'
A life interrupted
Neighborhood saint
Shaped by the '70s
Take and read
Take and read
Take and read
Tutu's story
Departments
Autumn lament: The liturgical calendar and the baseball calendar
Making amends: A forum for dialogue and resolving conflicts
Dreams and strategies: Cultivating institutions in service to the gospel
Fudging: Do we lie about sitting in the pew?
News
Black churches prove cool to federal grants: Tiny fraction receive monies to aid poor
Gardner Taylor still a preaching exemplar: Among America's greatest contemporary pulpiteers
More WCC members now paying dues: Overall financial situation described as positive
Americans United files first suit challenging a U.S. faith-based grant: Question government money spent for religious purposes
'Tongues' resurfaces as Southern Baptist issue: Seminary professor requests reconsideration
Vatican ousts rogue African archbishop: Milingo excommunicated after installing married bishops
Pope Benedict meets with Muslim leaders: Calls for "authentic dialogue"
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Century Marks
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