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From the Editors

An expanded table: Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A.

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Speaking up for Israel: Revisionists need revising

by Arnold Jacob Wolf
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Who’s counting? Doing the numbers on membership: Doing the numbers on membership

by John Dart
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The infidels are us: Anatomy of a fundamentalist cause

by Lamin Sanneh
Faith Matters

In defense of celibacy: An act of total self-giving

by Carol Zaleski
M.E.M.O.

Fasten your seatbelts: A space chaplaincy

by Martin E. Marty
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Wages of reform: Welfare policy: A six-year report

by Barbara Howell
In the Lectionary

Macro-mystery: Matthew 28:16-20

Compared to cosmologists, theologians have the advantage—and disadvantage—of revelation.
by Maureen Dallison Kemeza
In the Lectionary

Repeat offenders: Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28; Matthew 7:21-29

by Maureen Dallison Kemeza
Cover Story

State of siege: Conflict at the Church of the Nativity

by Trudy Bush
Cover Story

After the assault: Report from the Jenin Camp

by Marthame and Elizabeth Sanders
Film

Coming of age

by Steve A. Vineberg

Film

Day of reckoning

by John Petrakis

Books

Believing in economics

by David A. Krueger

Books

Venice, by Garry Wills

reviewed by Ronald Goetz

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How Democratic Is the American Constitution? by Robert A. Dahl

reviewed by Franklin I. Gamwell

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Aging Well, by George E. Vaillant

reviewed by Thomas H. Schmid

From the Editors

Power for good: The Millennium Challenge

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Grave dreams: The work of Wislawa Szymborska

by Peggy Rosenthal
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Career ministry: Two cheers for professional clergy

by Garret Keizer